Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Sorry, I'm typing too quickly as my wife is calling me for lunch and to 
get off the computer! Fixed email below:

Hi Vadim,

What you've done is what Rolf did -- just state that wayyomer as a
WAYYIQTOL form is imperfect(ive) (I take it that by "imperfect" you 
meant "imperfective aspect", no?). There's no proof given to 
substantiate this point for those of us who cannot see as you see.

So again my question: Can you demonstrate for us how wayyomer in BH is
imperfective in aspect?

Thanks,
David Kummerow.

> Sorry for the intrusion. While I don't necessarily support everything
> Rolf says, I think that wayyomer is generally (perhaps, always)
> imperfect. In order to see the examples, you need to account for the
> deictic center shift. With that in mind, just every instance becomes
> imperfect.
>
> Vadim Cherny
>