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  • From: "Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>
  • To: "yochanan bitan" <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: veqatal: prag cont. not TAM cont
  • Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:36:21 -0500


Dear Randall,

Thanks for your patient explanation and great example from Jdg 13:3.
May I probe a bit more?

In Jdg 13:3, weqatal does indeed seem to have it's 'own' TAM. But in a
variety of contexts it seems to change its TAM-'color' (you know, like a
chameleon?) to continue the form with which it is in series. E.g.,

Jdg 4:6 lek uma$akta (TAM of imperative)
Jdg 9:33 ta$kim upa$at:ta (TAM of future subjunctive)
Jdg 2:3 lo' 'agare$... vehayu (TAM of future indicative)
Jdg 2:19 ya$ubu vehi$xitu (TAM of habitual past)
Jdg 3:23 vayisgor... vena`al (TAM of wayyiqtol)

Can you explain the weqatals above in terms of a TAM system? Maybe it's
not necessary to explain each one. Can you make a general comment how
weqatal works within the system? todah rabah, xaveri

Bryan





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