Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Peter,

The term "vetitive" comes from Accadian grammar. Accadian has two
wishforms: (1) precative - the particle 'lu' plus the preterite  (lu +
yablut> liblut = may he live.), and (2) cohortative - the particle 'i' plus
the preterite (i nillik = let us go.) The negated wish is called 'vetitive'
(the particle 'e' (before consonant) and 'ai' ( before vowel)  plus the
preterite (ai irubu = let them not enter.)  See Akkadian Grammar, A
Ungnad,1992, p 67.

Regards
Rolf Furuli
Lecturer in Semitic languages
University of Oslo


>Please can you explain "vetitive". I (a native English speaker) have
>never heard this word, and it is not in my large English dicionary.
>Neither is it in the index of GKC, nor, from a quick glance, in the
>sections on the construction in question, so it can hardly be a
>standard term in Hebrew grammar.
>
>Peter Kirk
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