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  • From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu, jrevell1 AT compuserve.com
  • Subject: Re: BH, Jouon on syntax?
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:20:39 -0700


Vince wrote:
> does anyone know of a grammarian since Jouon (1923) that questioned
> the VSO analysis of Biblical Hebrew syntax? shame it was revised
> away in Muraoka's 1993 english revision. i would be so grateful for a
> tip: it would have to be off the beaten track. ;-)

I can't think of any in print, but I have argued for years that Hebrew
is not VSO, and in fact the VSO analysis is based on the
frequency of the wayyiqtol, which is clearly a transformed-and-
moved constituent.

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
A Bible that's falling apart means a life that isn't.




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