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Distinguishing jussives from imperfects

From: "Matthew Anstey" <manstey AT portal.ca>
To: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Distinguishing jussives from imperfects
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:32:08 -0700

Gday all,

Are there any syntactic criteria for distinguishing jussives from
imperfects? So in Ruth 2:4 it says, "May Yahweh bless you". But is there any
chance it could be "Yahweh will bless you"? What do you think?

With regards,
Matthew Anstey

Distinguishing jussives from imperfects, Matthew Anstey, 08/20/1999
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- Re: Distinguishing jussives from imperfects, Paul Zellmer, 08/20/1999