Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>]

Just a correction for a big boo-boo I made in my last message. I wrote:

> [...] Waw Consecutive verbs serve to advance events
> in a narrative. They are not to be translated as pluperfects. They are
> the next event in a narrative. You would normally use a waw consecutive
> form to say, "X had happened." You would use a waw consecutive to say,
> "Then X happened."

Of course, I meant to say "You would *NOT* normally use a waw consecutive 
form to say,
"X had happened."
Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
- Email: gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au
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