Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Lee wrote:
> Dear Paul & Yochanan,
> An x-qatal is any clause/sentence where any element precedes a qatal verb.
> This includes nouns, adverbs, prepositional phrases, and particles.  

But not waw...

Normally,
> 1) when x is a particle (ki, or asher) the x-qatal is "retrospective."

I would think this is a pragmatic conclusion rather than a syntactic 
one; I prefer to say that in an instance like this it's simply a 
subordinate clause.

> 2) when x begins a narrative (before any wayyiqtol) it is antecedent.
> 3) when x is within a narrative it presents recovered information.

Recovered from what?

Dave Washburn
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