Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

The Hebrew word (sans attached prepositions) consists of a root 
+personal pronouns (or identity markers, which are universal  
temporary names used to identify the actors or things referred to).  
In the word A-XEL, the letter A is, in my opinion, a remnant of ANIY,  
identifying the speaker as the perpetrator of the act XEL. In the  
word W-XAL-U the last U is in my opinion a truncated HU), identifying  
the receivers (HA-AM-IYM) of the act XAL. The preposition W is in my  
opinion a variant of the root B or BA, 'to be, to happen'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 29, 2011, at 7:24 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

> Hello all;
>
> In deuteronomy 2:25, we have:
>
> a. the verb אחל (alef, chet, lamed) manifest in yiqtol form; and
>
> b. the verb וחלו (waw, chet, lamed, waw) expressed in weqatal  
> form.
>
> Since yiqtol and qatal forms appear susceptible of encoding the  
> same menu of
> tenses and aspects, does some context or other reason necessitate the
> selection of these two forms, for these two verbs, in these two  
> instances,
> respectively? Or does the appearance of these two forms represent a  
> mere
> arbitrary choice by the author, the choice of the other form  
> representing
> proper grammar also?
>
> I invite your comments.
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
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