Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>]

>Dear Bryant,
> No, all the prefix forms are imperfective in all genres, and all the
> suffix forms are perfective in all genres.

Bryant,
That expresses a VERY idiosyncratic viewpoint. Some/most would say a non-
Hebrew viewpoint. Rolf has argued it on list and in his dissertation.
There are, of course, formal, semantic, and pragmatic distinctions between
wayyiqtol and yiqtol, recognized by almost all who have studied the
comparative
Semitic evidence, apparently recognized by the LXX, Syriac, and targumists
all,
as well as conforming to the 'transmitted text'. aka MT.
This list probably doesn't need to repeat everything that has been said
ad nauseum.


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