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  • From: "Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tenses and aspects; was: footnotes
  • Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:35:20 +0100

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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