Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

hey, Bryan,

saw your grammar was published:  i hope the success hasn't gone to your 
head yet. ;-)  now that you're one of the big boys ... ;-)

you mention paucity of verb forms. i don't think the difference between 
english and hebrew is "paucity".  since most speakers have lost the 
subjunctive, it's possible to argue english is form-poor....

but let me ask you: do you think it is possible to argue hebrew "hayu 
kotevim" is a "verb form"? and in what way would it be different from 
english "were writing" ...?

btw, are coming up for the SBL ...?
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Dr Vincent DeCaen
Research Associate
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative (HSEI)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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