Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Hi Galia,
Thanks for all your helpful posts!  You wrote:
.
> Note, furthermore, that English allows past simple to report past in the
> past, although it prefers the past perfect for that function.

Wayyiqtol can be used for past in the past, too, right?  E.g. Gen 31:34
from veraxel loqxah and on.   If we interpret these cases as historical
narratives (with the purpose of establishing a scene) which are embedded in
a historical narrative, I think your model is safe!  ;-)

Or there are cases when qatal in a dependent clause giving past-in-the-past
information is continued by wayyiqtol as in 2Ki 17:7 wayir'u.  Again, I
explain it as a "subordinate historical narrative."

In any case, there are quite a few wayyiqtols for which we might prefer an
English past perfect *translation*. 

Shalom,
Bryan



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