Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

B-Haverim,

Perhaps, just maybe, possibly, I'm back on the list.  I'll test this shakey
hypothesis by re-submitting the following which I previously sent only to
the "Virginia" crowd.

Here's a comparison of some of the verb forms in Psa 18 and 2 Sam 22(the
verse numbers conveniently correspond) which are essentially the same poem.
 How can this be?

Verse   root    Psa 18      2 Sam 22

7       $m(     yiqtol      wayyiqtol
12      $yt     yiqtol      wayyiqtol
14      r(m     wayyiqtol   yiqtol
15      $lx     wayyiqtol   yiqtol
16      glh     wayyiqtol   yiqtol
24      hyh     wayyiqtol   wayyiqtol
                 (short)      (long)
38      )sg     weyiqtol    wayyiqtol
39      npl     yiqtol      wayyiqtol
44      pl+     yiqtol      wayyiqtol

The "long" wayyiqtol of 2 Sam 22:24 may be a bit of a surprise; it is
attested at least ten times in first person forms. 

Does anyone know of an article which compares the two versions of the poem
linguistically?

Shalom,
Bryan

B. M. Rocine
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