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  • From: David Steinberg <david.l.steinberg AT rogers.com>
  • To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] J. Wash Watts "A Survey of Syntax in the Hebrew Old Testament - time, aspect and volition
  • Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:51:27 -0500

The refs, for anyone interested are found at -

http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrew.htm#_edn47
http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrew.htm#wawcon

I like this explanation but I put it in a footnote because it did not seem to have convinced his colleagues in the field. Unfortunately, as he is dead, we cannot ask him whether he continued to hold this view.

David Steinberg

On 01/12/2011 9:44 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:

Kudos to J. D. Michaelis, who in 1745! (as per Hetzron 1969, according to your site) thought of the "waw conversive" as originating in HAWAYA, 'was'. It, indeed, seems to me quite obvious that the WA- in, say, WA-YI-$LAX, is a variant of BA, 'come, happen, be', referring to the event, -YI- as a curtailed HIY), 'he', for the actor (or, again, the event) of the act $ALAX, 'send'.


Isaac Fried, Boston University


On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:08 AM, David Steinberg wrote:

You may find the following of relevance - http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrew.htm#BH_tenses

David Steinberg
Ottawa, Canada
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