Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

Dear Professor,
Thank you very much for your reply in regard to Job 1. Could I ask
another question?
You said, in regard to lines 87 and 88, that they were not emphatic, but
were simply a pair of x-qatals in direct speech.
My question then is,  are lines 87 and 88 on the same level as line 85?
If lines 85-88 form a report, then I would expect lines 87 and 88 to be
continuative wayyiqtols.

84 wyyqtl, narrative = And said,
85 x-qatal, begin report =  Naked came I out of my mother's womb,
86 x-yiqtol, future =  and naked shall Ireturn thither:
87 x-qatal, past = the LORD gave,
88 x-qatal, past = the LORD took away;
89 jussive, volitive = may the name of the LORD be blessed.

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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/