Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

Peter Kirk wrote:


>1. I don't accept your proviso so I cannot your question.
>2. Aramaic is a different language which may work quite differently.
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>Peter Kirk
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>Subject: The conjunction "and" and sequence.
>Author:  furuli AT online.no at internet
>Date:    11/03/1999 14:25
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><snip> Provided that the element "wayy" in wayyiqtol can be explained on
>phonological grounds, why must this (wa(yy) be more than a simple
>conjunction, which moves the narrative forward, just as is the case of
>Aramaic?
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>Regards
>Rolf


Dear Peter.

The Hebrew style is terse, no question about that. Even though Aramaic is a
different language, it illustrates how a simple conjunction can move the
story forward. Drop the provosio and tell me: Would the simple Hebrew
conjunction w be able to move the story forward if it was attached to
yiqtols just as do wayyiqtols. To state it differently: Is there any
function of the wayyiqtol which is not compatible with the view that the
construction simply is w+yiqtol?

Regards
Rolf


Rolf Furuli
Lecturer in Semitic languages
University of Oslo