Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

Joe,
> I would, given the opportunity, strongly contend for Peter Kirk's original
> point: an aorist participle preceding the main verb necessarily implies
> sequence of an action leading up to the action of the main verb.

I would have to rephrase this to say that the aorist participle is 
used to denote an action that is previous to the main verb, but it 
doesn't preclude other actions taking place between them, around 
them etc. that may also be indicated in the text, and hence its 
function is strictly denoting a previous event and not necessarily 
strict sequence as commonly defined in Hebrew.

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
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                                   Psalm 86:11