Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

B-Haverim,

The following is forwarde on behalf of Rodney Duke:

> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Several years ago I put forth the thesis, involving a reading
> of Deut 18:6-8, that in conditional sentences in which the
> protasis was initiated with ki+imperfect, the apodosis
> sometimes was not indicated by a following waw+perfect.
> Rather, a following waw+perfect might continue the protasis.
> (My thesis was dismissed by a major grammar, Waltke-O'Connor,
> p. 526n24)  I am now going back and reviewing those passages in
> light of the discourse approach that has been advocated by
> Rocine and others.  This approach does enable me to rephrase
> the issues, but it has also raised issues about mood, aspect,
> and the identification of discourse genres.  I am looking
> forward to your feedback.
> 
> In the texts below, which are in the vicinity of Deut 18:6-8, I
> see the following main patterns and options for interpretation.=20
> 
> 1) (The general thesis is that weqatal introduces the apodosis,
> although some grammars recognize that there is some ambiguity
> of where it begins.)
> ki-yiqtol introduces the protasis
> weqatal #1 introduces the apodosis
> weqatal #2, if there is more than one, continues the apod.
> x-yiqtol introduces a side comment/consequence
> 
> 2)
> ki-yiqtol introduces the protasis
> weqatal #1 or more, continues the protasis
> weqatal #2 or more, introduces the apodosis
> x-yiqtol introduces a side comment/consequence
> 
> 3) (The option I support, in some cases.)
> ki-yiqtol introduces the protasis
> weqatal (one or more in a series) continues the protasis
> x-yiqtol introduces the apodosis, the main consequence
> 
> In regard to the following texts I have these questions:
> 1) Which clause introduces the apodosis?  If you all agree that
> the apodosis begins with the first weqatal, then I'm wrong.
> 2) If, where there is more than one weqatal in a row, you think
> the first continues the protasis and a later weqatal introduces
> the apodosis, is there a consistant indication of that apodosis
> weqatal (e.g. change of subject)?
> 3) If you think the apodosis in these cases begins with the
> x-yiqtol, what implications follow?  For instance, which theory
> of "aspect" clarifies the distinction the best between a
> weqatal apodosis and a x-yiqtol apodosis?
> 4) If some of the weqatals, in a series of weqatals, do not
> function as the apodosis, then what discourse genre does this
> pattern fit with?  (For instance, a string of weqatals usually
> is associated with Predictive Discourse or with Instructional,
> but here some weqatals in the same series function differently
> and neither Predictive nor Instructional labels seem to fit.)
> 5) Am I imposing an English concept of if=85then consequence that
> does not work with Hebrew?
> 6) A side issue: As I have tried to understand the differences
> between the suggested discourse genres in terms of mood
> (besides +projection versus -projection), I am at a loss.  For
> example, both Predictive and Instructional Discourse are
> +projection, but seem to differ in English in terms of mood.
> Does that difference exist in Hebrew?  (Could "fronted" yiqtol,
> jussive, and imperative correspond to three "degrees" of
> irrealis in Hebrew?  Where does weqatal fit?)  What are the
> current theories about mood in Hebrew?
> 
> 
> Texts w/ clause sequences (leaving out some of the minor clauses)
> 
> Deut 15:12
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal
> x-yiqtol
> 
> Deut 17:14-15
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal #1
> weqatal #2
> weqatal #3(intro direct speech)
> imperative (cohort)
> x-yiqtol (inf abs + yiqtol) (begins hortatory sequence)
> 
> 
> Deut 18:6-8
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal #1
> weqatal #2
> x-yiqtol
> 
> Deut 19:1-2
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal
> weqatal
> x-yiqtol
> 
> Deut 20:1
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal
> x-yiqtol (lo + yiqtol)
> 
> Deut 21:10-13
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatals, #1-11 (note change of person)
> x-yiqtol
> weqatal
> weqatal
> 
> Deut 21:15-16
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal #1
> weqatal #2
> weqatal #3
> x-yiqtol (lo + yiqtol)
> 
> Deut 21:22-23
> ki-yiqtol
> weqatal #1
> weqatal #2
> x-yiqtol (lo + yiqtol)
> 
> Thanks!
> Rodney
> 
> 
> Rodney K. Duke
> Dept. of Phil. & Rel., Appalachian State Uni., Boone, NC 28608 =20
> (O)828-262-3091, (FAX) 828-262-6619, dukerk AT appstate.edu
> 
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