Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>]

> So in conclusion:
> T—tense, not in Biblical Hebrew
> A—aspect, not in Biblical Hebrew
> M—mood, is this the case?
> Karl W. Randolph.

It has been argued, but the definitions on mood,
when left to themselves, tend to mispredict in my opinion.
Take something like qatal 'fixed' and yiqtol 'contingent'.
You can run with that pretty far, but it doesn't explain why
Hebrew speakers didn't like qatal and wayyiqtol with maHar
in the same clause. Sure, 'tomorrow' is contingent, but it
doesn't have to be presented as contingent. "and he WILL
come tomorrow."  *vayyabo maHar would be predicted to
occur, also *hu ba maHar.

Randall Buth




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