Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Paul Zellmer <zellmer AT cag.pworld.net.ph>]

A quick "no-brainer," which should be taken as an admission of my
state-of-(no)-mind!

Is W:Na(a:LeH in the quotation of the "many people" a weyiqtol or
is it a cohortative?  I can't recall what the word formation
rules would result in if one adds qamets-he to a lamed-he
(third-he) verb.  My guess from the hortatory nature of this
discourse is that we indeed have a cohortative.

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Paul and Dee Zellmer, Jimmy Guingab, Geoffrey Beltran
Ibanag Translation Project
Cabagan, Philippines

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