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Re: [b-hebrew] fred on 2 tenses at the same sentence

From: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
To: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
Cc: b-hebrew List <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] fred on 2 tenses at the same sentence
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:19:57 -0600

I suppose that:

a. genesis 25:1 (past tense, pronomial prefix verb form?); and

b. isaiah 2:4 (future tense, pronomial suffix verb form?);

exemplify the two forms with "converting" vav attached as prefix.

regards,

fred burlingame

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:

> This sounds remarkable. Could you give us an examples of this vav for both
> conversions?
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 8:13 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
>
> lol ...
>
> i don't know ...
>
> that's the conventional wisdom ...
>
> the vav prefix converts pronoun prefixed verbs from future to past tense;
> and pronoun suffixed verbs from past to future tense ....
>
> i gather you have not subscribed to that program?
>
> regards,
>
> fred burlingame
>
> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:59 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
>
>> What is this vav conversive? Is it converting something?
>>
>> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>>
>> On Feb 1, 2011, at 7:39 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
>>
>> iii. the vav conversive.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [b-hebrew] fred on 2 tenses at the same sentence , (continued)