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Re: Exo 16:22, 27

From: "Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Exo 16:22, 27
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:05:53 -0500

Hi John,

I think you're the king of examples, John! Great going!

you ask:
>
> Would you find any nuance of difference in the verbal meanings of the
following?
> Exod 16:22 wayhi bayyom hashishiy laqetu . . .
> versus a hypothetical (but standard) wayyilqetu bayyom hashishiy . . .
> or wayhi bayyom hashishiy wayyilqetu . . .
>
> (similarly 16:27)

yes. The text as is establishes circumstances for the narrative which will
begin with a wayyiqtol. The text you propose puts the gathering as part of
the narrative proper. Likewise in 16:27.

hth,
Bryan

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Re: Exo 16:22, 27, Bryan Rocine, 03/01/1999