Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Bill:

On 3/26/07, Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> ...
>
> Karl seems to hold to some similar, though not identical, notion
> to what an amateur like me would understand by uncancellable intrinsic
> meaning. But Karl has said he doesn't know what to make of Rolf's
> theory either.
>
> ....
>
> Bill Rea,

That statement has piqued my curiosity, what have I said that
indicates to you that I "hold to some similar, though not identical,
notion ... (of) uncancellable intrinsic meaning"? I have not made a
detailed study on this question, but as far as I can tell, I seem to
hold to a middle position between David and Rolf: that while I think
that the verbal usage in Biblical Hebrew was aspectual (partially
agreeing with Rolf), that aspectual usage carries a lot of implied
tense information (partially agreeing with David). This position is
not the result of a formal study, rather based on reading the text
through several times.

Yours, Karl W. Randolph.