Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Jason:

2009/2/8 Jason Hare <jaihare AT gmail.com>

> Exodus 18:26
> וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת-הָעָם בְּכָל-עֵת אֶת-הַדָּבָר הַקָּשֶׁה יְבִיאוּן
> אֶל-מֹשֶׁה וְכָל-הַדָּבָר הַקָּטֹן יִשְׁפּוּטוּ הֵם׃
> W$P+W )T-H(M BKL-(T )T-HDBR HQ$H YBY)WN )L-M$H WKL-HDBR HQ+N Y$PW+W HM
>
> I'm just wondering what the form Y$PW+W is there. Shouldn't it be
> יִשְׁפְּטוּ Y$P+W instead of יִשְׁפּוּטוּ Y$PW+W? Is there a special
> significance to this form?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Hare
> Rehovot, Israel


One of the things that took a while getting used to when reading the text
without points is that the materes lexionis are optional, i.e. they
sometimes are included, sometimes not. In this case, I read this as a simple
Qal imperfective.

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