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  • From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Emerging consensus (and paedogogy) on "Waw Consecutive" PSS
  • Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:24:19 -0700



On 14 Aug 2010 at 14:32, George Athas wrote:

> Karl, I agree. However, your statement amounts to the equivalent of
> 'these forms start with a waw conjunction'. I'd like to go a step
> further and analyse the significance and nature of such
> conjunction.

By a process of elimination, I concluded it's not a conjunction at all, but a
grammatical
formative that happens to resemble the conjunction in its consonantal form,
much like the
he-interrogative consonantally resembles the definite article.

Dave Washburn

http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur




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