Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Lee,
> Dave,
> Yes, I understand what Rolf is saying. I agree with him and with you that
> there is no "separate" weqatal.  I never said there was.  But weqatals are
> *not* used like qatals without "we-".  How do you explain that? That wasn't
> my point. The 2 components of the finite verb system are 1) prefix
> conjugation, 2) and suffix conjugation.

Um, now I'm confused.  If there is no such thing, how can it be 
used differently?  Obviously I'm missing something here.  As for the 
2 components, am I correct in assuming that the WP is subsumed 
under the prefix conjugation?

Dave Washburn
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