Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Dave Washburn wrote:

> The only person who could answer that in this context is Chomsky himself, 
> since I was just
> citing what he wrote.  However, again I believe he was speaking in terms of 
> grammar and
> especially the verb system, which we know is tensed in MH but not tensed in 
> BH.  That's the
> extent of what I'm qualified to say on this particular subject.

"We know it is not tensed in BH" depends on who you ask.  Rainey and
others would disagree.
Another point to consider is that our knowledge and assessment of
Semitic languages has
advanced since his time.

Yitzhak Sapir