Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Alviero Niccacci <alviero.niccacci AT studiumbiblicum.org>]

>  >
> >  >Dear Alviero,
> >  >What about the waw copula that begins the book of Ezra (and Shemot and 1
> >  >Kings)?
> >
> >  We are dealing with wayyiqtol form, not with waw preposed to a
> >  non-verbal element.
>
> Yes, I am changing the subject a bit, if you don't mind.
> Liz
>
> Lisbeth S. Fried, Ph. D.
> Visiting Scholar
> Department of Near Eastern Studies
> University of Michigan
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No, when waw is placed before a non-verbal element it does not affect 
the syntactic function of the sentence--i.e. its function remains the 
same as without waw.
What counts syntactically is the position of the finite verb, i.e.:

first position = main function--as is the case with wayyiqtol, which 
continues the main line of communication of the preceding narrative,

and second position = usually secondary function--as is the case with 
the x-qatal constructions found at the beginning of Ezra and 1 Kings, 
while Exodus begins with waw + non-verbal sentence--all of them are 
secondary-line constructions providing antecedent information (or 
setting) before the start of the main line of a new narrative. They 
signal a break in the narrative while wayyiqtol signals continuation.

I think I have explained this issue several times in this forum.
Sorry, I am not in a position to continue a long discussion.
Best wishes,
--
Alviero Niccacci
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> >
> Interesting. I hadn't come across this one either. Does it work even in  
> Notepad? It doesn't in my Windows 2000. Something of the sort works in  
> Wordpad, but not exactly as you describe e.g. shift + right alt switches  
> the keyboard to Hebrew, and some combination made the paragraph right  
> aligned but I'm not sure what.

Even in notepad on WinXP. You have to be careful... I think it's quite
picky, that it's in this order:
Hold right ctrl
Pres right shift
Release

Shift-ctrl doesn't work.

- Joel




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