Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Bryan Rocine" <brocine AT earthlink.net>]

B-Haverim,

Reading, enjoying Esther...

Esther 2:14  ba`ereb hi' ba'ah ubaBBoqer hi' shabah...lo'
tabo' 'el hammelek...  "in the evening she would be an
enterer and in the morning she would be a returner...she
would not come to the king..."  Here we see the qatal used
in what I call procedural discourse (how-it-was-done
discourse).  It's set in the past and describes habitual or
repetitive action.  Usually we see the "tag team" of weqatal
and yiqtol in such a context.  Here we see qatal and yiqtol.
So much for vav-conversive!  Qatal without the vav can refer
to the habitual or repetitive in the history texts as well
as the poetic.  Any comments?

Shalom,
Bryan



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