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  • From: "Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>
  • To: Hebrew List <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: X-Qatal - wayyiqtol
  • Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 15:29:25 -0500


Dear Prof. Niccacci and Bryan Rocine,
Both of you have recently mentioned a very important point in regard to
x-qatal: That it does not occur alone in narrative, it is always found
in conjunction with wayyiqtol. Please look at the following section
from Joshua 24:28-Judges 1:2

(narrative of the covenant renewal precedes v.24)
wayyiqtol - So Joshua let the people depart ...

1 VaYiHi - And it came to pass after these things( = new paragraph)
2 wayyiqtol - that Joshua ... died...
3 wayyiqtol -And they buried him ...
4 wayyiqtol -And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua...

5 x-qatal - And the bones of Joseph ...buried they in Shechem,
in a parcel of ground ...
6 wayyiqtol - and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

7 x-qatal - And Eleazar the son of Aaron died
8 wayyiqtol -and they buried him...

9 VaYiHi - After the death of Joshua it came to pass (= new paragraph)
10 wayyiqtol - that the children of Israel asked the LORD...
11 wayyiqtol - And the LORD said ..
(omit series of wayyiqtols)
12 wayyiqtol - Now the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem,
13 wayyiqtol - and they took it,
14 wayyiqtol - and they smote it with the edge of the sword,
15 wayyiqtol - and set the city on fire.

16 x-qatal - And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight
against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain,
and in the south, and in the valley.
17 wayyiqtol - And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt
in Hebron: ... and they slew Sheshai, and .....

In this short section, there are three pairs of x-qatal + wayyiqtol
(5&6, 7&8, 16&17). Comments anyone?



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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://www.earth.vol.com/~lmartin/






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