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  • From: Dave Washburn <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 998 non-past wyyqtl's
  • Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:14:16 -0700

On Sunday 28 November 2004 06:57, B. M. Rocine wrote:

[snip]
> Take your example of two wayyiqtols in Jer 51:29. The consensus among the
> five or six modern translators I checked is that the wayyiqtols are
> non-past; they differ on whether to translate them as present or future. I
> quickly vote future with you. I do not, however, think the text is
> evidence that the wayyiqtols are not perfective. The perfectivity of the
> forms is utilized to explicitly embed sequentiality into the text. I think
> translations should use the word *then* or *so*: "Then the land will
> quake, then it will writhe for the thoughts of YHWH stand against Babel."

Bryan,
Would you insist that they use the word "then" or "so" in Judges 12:9-14 as
well?

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Dave Washburn
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