Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

David:

On 3/17/07, David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rolf,
>
> There is consistency: qatal occurs with "yesterday" and never with
> "tomorrow" and yiqtol occurs with "tomorrow" and never with "yesterday".

This is true if and only if wayyiqtol = qatal and weqatal = yiqtol. If
these equalities are not accurate, then your statement above is not
accurate.

cf. Genesis 31:42, Micah 2:8 (pilel yiqtol with yesterday), Judges
19:9 and the verses that Rolf mentioned.

Could you be putting too much emphasis on these adverbs?

> BTW, the choice of conjugations need not be a choice between two or
> four: weqatal may not be a separate grammaticalised verb different from
> qatal as Cook and Garr argue. Thus three may be an option also (leaving
> aside jussive etc).
>
> Regards,
> David Kummerow.

Doesn't your final paragraph contradict your claim?

Karl W. Randolph.