Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <596547 AT ican.net>]

> > -----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")?
>

Dear Andrew,

Thanks for youe interest and excellent questions!  Don't be
discouraged if you do not get a vigorous response from the
list, however, since we finished quite a long thread on this
topic only a short time ago.  You may access that thread in
our list archives by visiting our web page and entering the
gateway.  The web page may be found at

http://metalab.unc.edu/bhebrew

hoping to help,
Bryan


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