Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

{i think that Lee Martin said:}
> No, that doesn't clear it up for me, because weqatal is the only verb
form
> that seems to continue the aspect, tense, and modality from a previous
verb.

no. the above is not biblical hebrew.
veqatal carries its own TAM,  not the previous verb's TAM. {TAM = 'fill in
your own favorite name'.}
e.g.:
judges 11:8
ve`ata shavnu elexa (so now, we've come back to you)
vehalaxta ...(and you will/should walk with us)
venilHamta ...(and you will/should fight against Beni-Ammon)
vhayita lanu lerosh (and you will/should be for us a leader)

the veqatal marks the switch away from the simple suffix verb.
(veqatal=same TAM as a yiqtol)

Dear Randall,
You said above, that "veqatal carries its own TAM," but now you say that it 
has the
same TAM as yiqtol.   Which do you mean to say?