Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Joseph Justiss <jljustiss AT msn.com>]

I have a question about the Yiqtol verb in Jeremiah 1:5. 

1. Am I correct to expect a Qatal form of יצר instead of a Yiqtol after the 
temporal adverbial prepositional phrase בטרם in verse 5?

 

2. Is the sense of the verse some kind of modal use of Yiqtol: "Before I 
could form you in the womb I knew you."? Or are these even the right kind of 
questions to be asking?

 

Just wanted to get your thoughts.

 

Joe Justiss 

                                          
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