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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect (was Tenses - Deut 6:4)
  • Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 22:11:58 +0000

On 09/03/2007 21:56, K Randolph wrote:
...

Now, when one adds to that that when one reads an unpointed text, the
WEYIQTOL and WAYYIQTOL are indistinguishable ...

For most verbs. But they are distinguishable, in the consonantal text, for lamed-he verbs (usually apocopated in WAYYIQTOL) and in some hiphil forms, although there are some exceptions which may suggest places where the two forms have been confused.

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Peter Kirk
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