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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Basic observations on WAYYIQTOL
  • Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:57:23 +0100

On 18/08/2005 21:58, Yitzhak Sapir wrote:

On 8/16/05, Peter Kirk wrote:


Thanks for this. I tend to agree with Rubinstein, at least to a first
approximation. But in 18:1 Abraham sitting is not QATAL but a participle
and so stative. However, 18:7 is a QATAL followed by a participle and


And thank you for the correction, but is the form in 18:7 really QATAL and not a participle?


Could be either, I agree. But my instinct that it is QATAL is confirmed by BDB which lists this as the only example of "perfect" 3ms of this verb.

If it was a participle, it would have to mean that Abraham was already running when he spoke to Sarah. Possible I suppose as we read in v.6 that he hurried into the tent, although this really makes sense only if it was a rather large tent with two entrances, which seems improbable.

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