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Re: [b-hebrew] The mystery of vav-consecutive

From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
To: "Steve Miller" <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] The mystery of vav-consecutive
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:17:21 +0300

> >Driver provides some examples of wayyiqtol for the present in the
> Pentateuch:
> >Gen 19:9; 31:15; 32:5; 49:24; Ex 4:23; Num 22:11.
> >He was not sure about Dt 33:27-28.
>
> All of these make sense to be past tense except Ex 4:23. But even in Ex
> 4:23, NASB translates the 2 vav-consecutives as past tense.

Driver's is nonsense. Gen19:9 is a common emphatic structure of mot tamut
type. Ex4:23 is nothing but past tense, different subjects. All this bustle
about waw stems from misreading.

Vadim Cherny

Re: [b-hebrew] The mystery of vav-consecutive, Steve Miller, 06/02/2005
- Re: [b-hebrew] The mystery of vav-consecutive, Vadim Cherny, 06/06/2005
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- Re: [b-hebrew] The mystery of vav-consecutive, Steve Miller, 06/02/2005