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  • From: Randall Buth <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>
  • To: "David Taylor" <dave201 AT mail.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Verb trial thesis
  • Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 14:10:38 -0400


shalom David,

I think there has been a miscommunication. The habituals that I referred
to, did in fact happen, more than once.

>There is no point in stating what he would do, i.e if a lion did this I
would
>do that, since David has already claimed that he is capable of fighting
the
>Philistines<

Exactly. On many occasions, when he as a shepherd had animal problems,
he killed the attacking animal. And to describe those recurring situations
he
used veqatal structure, as is normal in BH. It is the examplary instance of
vayyiqtol that is relatively rare.

blessings

Randall Buth





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