Biblical Hebrew Forum

["C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>]

On 9/17/04 10:45 PM, "Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no> wrote:

> In Hebrew we have the verb $YR ("to sing"), which signals an action
> which is durative and dynamic (dynamic=change).  Regardless of whether
> this root is used as an infinitive, a participle, a WAYYIQTOL, or as a
> YIQTOL these two properties are always the same. We can say that this
> root is marked for durativity and dynamicity, and these properties can
> never be taken away from this root.  This is semantic (uncancellable)
> meaning ...

Rolf,

Could you try proving this with the verb (MD ("to stand")? The qal tends to
be durative but the hifil does not. So the root itself does not have an
invariant value for +/- durative. Do you treat the qal and hifil as
different roots?


greetings,
Clay Bartholomew