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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT hotkey.net.au>
  • To: "Tony Costa" <tmcos AT rogers.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Preterite
  • Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:27:55 +1000

Hi Tony!

I think it's best not to use concepts from Greek to understand Hebrew
concepts -- it can become quite messy and lead you astray. The preterite is a
past tense which in Hebrew, when packaged with waw, has a particular
narrative function. The construction WAW + PRETERITE adds momentum to a
narrative and serves to advance the plot. This makes it slightly different to
the Greek Aorist.


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Lecturer in Biblical Languages
Southern Cross College
Sydney, Australia


----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Costa
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 4:54 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] Preterite


Dear friends, can someone clarify whether the preterite in biblical Hebrew
functions in the same was the aorist tense functions in biblical Greek? The
aorist functions as the simple passive or as the undefined past. Thank you.

Tony Costa
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