Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

(rolf wrote)
>In Ex 36: 29,30 and 38 we find three weqatals with past
>meaning.

this doesn't address the issue. 
nobody claimed/claims that the above are simple past. 
but they (weqatal) do represent the same basic "XXXXX color" as yiqtol. 

the point at issue was that whatever one calls/defines the hebrew verb, 
the vayyiqtol and qatal side together in that realm
and that yiqtol and veqatal side together.
before one starts trying to define the tense/aspect/mood relationships 
at least admit that 
vayyiqtol and qatal go together against
veqatal and yiqtol.
(admitting the above does not mean that 0% residuals remain 
or that the colors cannot be played with in poetry. 
but quoting 'time' residuals is irrelevant to the point.)

braxot
randall buth