Biblical Hebrew Forum

[dwashbur AT nyx.net]

My own view is that we can't really quantify grammar in Hebrew poetry, 
because poetry in 
every language makes its own "rules" in accordance with the poet's immediate 
need.  But 
that doesn't make for much of a discussion...

Dave Washburn

On 5 May 2009 at 15:37, Joseph Justiss wrote:

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> Phil
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> I think Niccacci's approach is basically sound. He distinguishes
> narrative and direct speech. I consider poetry to be a more formally
> structured and stylized form of direct speech. So if Niccacci is
> correct about the verbal syntax in direct speech in narrative, then we
> should be able to bring his knowledge of how the verb forms behave in
> direct speech in narrative right over into poetry and apply the
> principles to the verbal forms there. That's what I plan on doing to
> see how it turns out. 
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> Joe Justiss