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["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

Hi Rolf,

A minor detail:

Rolf Furuli wrote:
 There can be no
> doubt that the first YIQTOL of 3) has past reference, and the second has 
> future reference even though the conjugation is the same. This is fixed by 
> the context. The first YIQTOL is preceded by a relative particle, and the 
> second is sentence initial. The second YIQTOL is an example of a sentence 
> initial YIQTOL that is not modal. I have not tried to make the aspects 
> visible for the English reader, only the temporal references of the verbs.
>
> 1) "And he spoke (WAYYIQTOL) to her.: `Because I spoke (YIQTOL) to Naboth 
> the Jezreelite and said (WAYYIQTOL)  to him...`" 1 Kings 21:6
>
> 2) "And Zebul said (WAYYIQTOL) to him:`Where is your big talk now, you who 
> said (YIQTOL)..." Judg 9:38
>
> 3) "In the place where it was said (YIQTOL) to them, `You are not my 
> people,` it will be said (YIQTOL) to them, `The sons of the living God`" 
> Hosea 1:9 (10).

The second yiqtol in 3 is not clause-initial; IOW it is an X-yiqtol. 
The X is bimqom 'asher ye'amer lahem lo' `amiy 'atem.

Shalom,
Bryan

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