Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andrew Kulikovsky <anku AT CelsiusTech.com.au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yochanan bitan [mailto:ButhFam AT compuserve.com]

> > Does the waw-consecutive have any implicit timing in it. It 
> generally
> > describes consecutive events, but is there any idea about 
> the time gap
> > between the events?
> 
> No implied time gap, the events often overlap and in extreme cases can
> refer to a previous event and give it "on line" status ("unmarked
> overlay"). 

Can you cite any examples of each kind (particularly the "previous event")?

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Andrew
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