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  • From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] When God began to create...
  • Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:32:42 -0500


Hi Yitzhak,

The yiqtols and weqatal of Gen 2:5-6 do state the conditions at the time the narration of v. 7 begins. They should be read as "this would happen and that would happen." The are exactly parallel in _purpose_ to the X-qatal and noun sentences of Gen 1:2 even though they are not parallel syntactically.

Shalom,
Bryan





*dep clause*

1:1 2:4b
bere'shit... beyom...



*parenthetical*

1:2 2:5-6
X-qatal & X-yiqtols &
3 noun clauses Weqatal



*narration "proper" begins*

1:3 2:7
vayyo'mer vayyicer




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