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["Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>]

Dear Randall,

Thank you for your response. Rolf's answer to me sounded like he does not 
agree
with the definitions given in your review article and Andrason's article. I
think there is a lot more of the both/and equation in Hebrew verb patterns
rather than either/or. I think your article and Andrason's seem to make that
connection.

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall Buth" <randallbuth AT gmail.com>
To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 12:02 PM
Subject: [b-hebrew] no to aspect


> >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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