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["Phil Sumpter" <philsumpter AT hotmail.com>]

2 pernickety questions: 

1) According to both the Westminser and Andersen-Forbes morphologies, weyavo' 
in Psalm 24:7 is a jussive. My question is whether the jussive can be 
identified on formal grounds or just semantic. I see no real formal reason 
for it to be jussive, the verse could just read "open the gates and then the 
king of glory will enter" (cf. Jb 22:7). Admittedly, the jussive seems more 
likely.

The Westminster morphology confuses me a bit, as it says "apocapated ending" 
(typical of jussives), but I don't see any apocapated ending ...

2) Even if it is jussive, how does one decide whether it expresses purpose or 
consequence ("so that he may" or "and he will")? Is this just a matter of 
guessing from context?

Philip Sumpter

http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is this yavo' jussive?
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 06:19:32PM +0200, Phil Sumpter wrote:
> 2 pernickety questions:
>
> 1) According to both the Westminser and Andersen-Forbes morphologies, 
> weyavo' in Psalm 24:7 is a jussive. My question is whether the jussive can 
> be identified on formal grounds or just semantic. I see no real formal 
> reason for it to be jussive, the verse could just read "open the gates and 
> then the king of glory will enter" (cf. Jb 22:7). Admittedly, the jussive 
> seems more likely.

It stands at the begining of the clause.

> The Westminster morphology confuses me a bit, as it says "apocapated 
> ending" (typical of jussives), but I don't see any apocapated ending ...

This clearly is not an apocopated form.

> 2) Even if it is jussive, how does one decide whether it expresses purpose 
> or consequence ("so that he may" or "and he will")? Is this just a matter 
> of guessing from context?

One cannot. The sentence is ambiguous.

> Philip Sumpter

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