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  • 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





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