Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

Dear Dave,

you wrote:

> > How about the wayyiqtol?  in Proverbs 31 it continues the tense,
aspect,
> > and modality of the forms it follows.  It lends sequence to the
passage. 
> > Niccacci describes "continuation wayyiqtol."
> 
> In your view, does the fact that it's poetry have anything to do with 
> this?
> 
> Dave Washburn

yes and no.  As to the verbal semantics, it doesn't make any difference. 
BH (at any given point, in any given register, in any given region) is BH. 
--oh, boy, all those parenthetical qualifications don't make a pretty
picture, do they?--  As to the distribution of the form, it makes some
difference.  BH poetry falls under the category of direct speech and very
often expository discourse of an argumentative sort.  Because of the genre
effect, the distribution of wayyiqtol (and the other forms) will be
somewhat less constrained than in historical narrative.

Shalom,
Bryan



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