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Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent

From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
To: "INTERNET:peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG" <peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:50:47 -0400

> On the other hand, Randall's comment "'present' is not the way hebrew
> storytelling is done... BH tells Hebrew stories in the past" simply
> begs the question: in so far as BH tells Hebrew stories with
> wayyiqtol, this statement is true if wayyiqtol is a past tense, but
> false if it is a present tense!

peter, i think you missed my point.
there were several tests given to show that "present" is not the force of
the form.
e.g. vayyomer vs X---amar, but never vayyomer vs. X---yomer/yomar.

randall buth

More on wayyiqtol-resent, Rodney K. Duke, 04/15/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, Lee R. Martin, 04/15/1999
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, Galia Hatav, 04/15/1999
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, peter_kirk, 04/15/1999
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, 04/16/1999
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, yochanan bitan, 04/16/1999
- Re: More on wayyiqtol-resent, yochanan bitan, 04/16/1999
- Re[2]: More on wayyiqtol-resent, peter_kirk, 04/17/1999
- Re[2]: More on wayyiqtol-resent, yochanan bitan, 04/20/1999
- Re[3]: More on wayyiqtol-resent, peter_kirk, 04/21/1999