Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

Rolf Furuli wrote:

>
>
> * "On June  the fifth between 8 and 12 o'clock my son was at school every
> day last year, and every night he was in bed."  Nobody would write a
> sentence like that, but if I understand Randall correctly, this seems to be
> the result if we apply his example to Numbers 9:15. " On the day that the
> tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the
> testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of
> fire until morning."
>
> The time frame for  the YIQTOL is one day, from the evening until the
> morning.

Dear Rolf,
Thanks for restating your objection. I agree that the sentence above is 
nonsense.  I
do not agree, however, that the time frame for the yiqtol of Num.9:15 is one 
day.
The yiqtol provides the clue that the narrator is switching to a new 
viewpoint.  It
may seem abrupt, but it is not uncommon.  You may call the whole section
parenthetical.

Lee R. Martin