Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

Thanks for the gynecological details. So your interpretation is 
possible, though not necessary. But we don't know the meaning of the 
TQ$ BELIDTAH apart from these verses. Perhaps this collocation is an 
idiom in the class of "he answered and said" with two wayyiqtols, 
which is not consecutive, but I don't think anyone would want to 
analyse "answered" as imperfective and setting up a time frame for 
"said".

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Perfectivity of wayyiqtol
Author:  <ronning AT nis.za> at Internet
Date:    28/10/1999 12:19


Dear Peter,

I would not be inclined to see "she had difficulty in giving birth" as coming 
after
"she gave birth."  We aren't given all the gory details, but a breech birth 
ofte
n
is
in the category of "difficult" birth (especially since the head can get stuck 
without
being able to be forced out by the rest of the body as in a normal birth), 
and o
f
course in such cases the midwife could see that the child was a boy before 
the 
birth
was complete.  So I think you have to pick between perfective for watteled, 
or 
consecutive for watteqash.

Regards,

John



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