Biblical Hebrew Forum

["B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>]

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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