Biblical Hebrew Forum

[John Ronning <ronning AT ilink.nis.za>]

Peter Kirk wrote:

> Dear John,
>
> . . . .
> But I must disagree with your: "the view that wayyiqtol is 
> unmarked for sequence explains 100% of the data!". On the > contrary, it 
> explains nothing at all!

Dear Peter,

What exactly is it that requires explanation?  Why does
sequence even have to be considered in a discussion of
wayyiqtol except because it is a 100 + year old tradition?

>
> Would you accept Dave's "I forgot my checkbook" example in 
> South Africa too? What is the English language coming to? ;-(
>

What I liked about Dave's example is that it struck me as
good Hebrew, not good English (though his amended version
was OK in English, as far as I know, but then like Paul my
background is engineering, not English composition).

Yours,

John