Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

B. M. Rocine wrote:

> Hi Peter, You wrote:
>
> I don't think you will find any other place in the Hebrew Bible
>  
>
> > > where a WAYYIQTOL verb is preceded by a clause subordinate to it, which
> > > seems to be Alter's grammatical understanding. 
> > >      
>
> What is bayyom hashshlishi in Gen 22:4?
>  
HH: It doesn't have to be a verbless clause. It could be simply a phrase 
and is so translated by the NIV:

Gen. 22:4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the 
distance.

HH: They dropped the waw, which could simply be translated as "also."

Yours,
Harold Holmyard