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- From: yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
- To: rolf furuli <rolf.furuli AT east.uio.no>
- Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: BH: Hebrew Aspects-Verheij
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:35:20 -0500
>In 33 instances the *Vorlage* has another form than WAYYIQTOL where
>Chronicles has WAYYIQTOL (infinitive 4, participle 1, QATAL 17, WEQATAL 6,
>YIQTOL 1, WEYIQTOL 3).
>
>Is 30 instances the *Vorlage* has WAYYIQTOL where Chronicles has another
>form (infinitive 7, participle 3, QATAL 17, WEQATAL 2, YIQTOL 1, WEYIQTOL
1
>).
>
>I cannot see that these numbers show any significant difference that can
be
>the basis for a suggestion that verbal meaning has changed.
Thank you, Rolf. We are in agreement on this.
While there are developments in LBH, 2nd temple writers were capable of
producing classical verb syntax, e.g. Esther, Jonah, even when their vocab
idioms show 2nd temple-isms.
Randall Buth
- BH: Hebrew Aspects-Verheij, yochanan bitan, 02/25/2000
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