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On  05/29/99 (Re: die Flucht ins Prasens, Alviero) Bryan Rocine wrote:


> Dear Alviero,
>
> You wrote:
>
> < snip >
>
> >3) Josh. 16:1-3 is a good example of a text conveying,
> first, historical information with wayyiqtol, then
> description (of the borders, in this case) with a
> participial clause and with weqatal, as expected. Again in
> 16:4-5 historical information is given with wayyiqtol, and
> description with weqatal in 16:6-7, then with x-yiqtol
> (which if the offline construction relative to weqatal) and
> again weqatal in 16:8a, then nonverbal clause in 16:8b-9.
> The welo'+qatal in 16:10 is a negative wayyiqtol (not a
> x-qatal); it is coordinated to 16:4: "They inherited ... --
> (16:10) But they did not dispossess the Canaanites...".
> A good text indeed. One can learn from it.
> >
>
> Thanks for your analysis.  Do you consider the "negative
> wayyiqtol" in this and other texts to be mainline or
> off-the-line?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan


Dear Bryan,

I think that the negative wayyiqtol is mailine exactly as positive
wayyiqtol; therefore I consider it coordinated to the wayyiqtol in 16:4.
The same I believe is true of all the negative counterparts of the
different verbforms and constructions.

Peace and all good.
Alviero Niccacci
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