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Wayyiqtol-X-qatal (Paul)

From: "Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Wayyiqtol-X-qatal (Paul)
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:45:05 -0500

Hi John wrote:

>
> Another example:
> 1Kgs 15:13 (following a wayyiqtol in v. 12)
> wegam 'eth Maacah 'immo wayesireha...
>
> which the chronicler modified to:
> 2Chr 16:15 wegam Maacah 'em 'Asa hammelek hesirah...
>
> Did the chronicler want to demote this point to "offline" or
> did he just want to get rid of the redundant conjunction and
> therefore had to change the verb form as well (unless he was
> going to do more radical surgery and put the verb first)?

I think we are seeing the qatal tend to converge in meaning with the
wayyiqtol in 2 Chr. as compared to standard BH.

Shalom,
Bryan

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Wayyiqtol-X-qatal (Paul), Bryan Rocine, 02/27/1999