Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Joseph:

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Joseph Justiss<jljustiss AT msn.com> wrote:
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> I think … Alviero Niccacci [is right] when he maintains that the simple 
> nominal clause and the participial clause are used to represent the 
> temporal axis of the present in direct speech. He has recently argued that 
> this is also the case in poetry in a recent chapter.

I don’t know who this Alviero Niccacci is, but when I look at poetry
and see present continuing action being addressed with the Yiktol, I
have no choice but to say that the evidence contradicts his claims.

You have to make a better case than just drop names.

Karl W. Randolph.