Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Paul Zellmer" <paul AT smcfm.org>]

Doris,

The "problem," as the subject line indicates, is a question about the fairly
common (although not universal) interpretation that a string of wayyiqtols
indicate actions reported in the sequence of occurrence.  Clayton was
questioning if this interpretation held true here, as such a sequence would
indicate that the man was already dead when David spoke.  See the other
postings in this thread to see how some see the interpretation still valid
and how others see this as a case where such an interpretation could not
hold true here.

Paul Zellmer

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> Clearly David did not speak to anyone else but to the dead or dying man,
> saying: "YOUR blood" and "on YOUR head".  And he is justifying
> the execution
> (without trial) by pointing out the man's confession: "I (anokhi)
> killed the
> annointed of God". I agree that David  - or those writing about
> this event -
> intended to cover his "posterior anatomy". What is the problem?
> Doris
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