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["Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>]

Dear Bryan,

Now I realize that we use the concept clause-initial (I have used 
sentence-initial with the same meaning) very differently. For me a 
clause-initial verb is one that begins a clause with no element preceding. I 
use the term "clause" in the normal sense: "a syntagm that contains subject 
and verbal ( implicit or explicit verbal)". Basically I find that this 
definition accords with Masoretic pointing. Above )TM, the word before the 
YIQTOL we are discussing, we find a zaqef qaton, which is a strong accent. 
This marks the end of the previous clause, as I see it.

In 3) I find four clauses:

a) "In the place where it was said (YIQTOL) to them"  verbal clause
b) "`You are not my  people,`"  nominal clause
c) "it will be said (YIQTOL) to them" verbal clause
d) "`The sons of the living God`"  nominal clause with implicit "you are"

On the basis of the analysis above, I find that the YIQTOL in 3) is clause 
initial.


Best regards

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tenses and aspects; was: footnotes


> 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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