Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

I just looked at the context of Numbers 33:33 and חר הגדגד is a name, not
what I thought is was just from doing a quick electronic search.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:43 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Randall
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Randall Buth <randallbuth AT gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Kevin:
>> > What I learned in class is that both perfects and imperfects can have a
>> > past, present and future tense.  ...  Watts' book
>> > suggests the aspect notion over time/tense. He says perfects are
>> completed
>> > action and imperfects are continuous action.
>>
>> Kevin, you might want to ponder on a BH datum:
>>
>> Clauses with maHar 'tomorrow' never have 'qatal' or wayyiqtol' as
>> the main verb. Zero out of 52. That is fairly significant statistical
>> evidence that is against the prediction of 'aspect-only' or 'modal-
>> only' theories of the Hebrew verb.
>>
>
> I’m away on an extended trip that should last weeks, away from my
> reference materials, other than the files on my computer.
>
> You need to be more careful. For example Numbers 16:16 the main verb
> connected with מחר is היו which is Qatal (ויאמר משה אל קרח אתה וכל עדתך היו
> לפני יהוה אתה והם ואהרן מחר). Or again, in Numbers 33:33 wayiqtol ויסעו מחר
> הגדגד ויחנו ביטבתה.
>
> You also need to consider when a Qatal is used, namely for a simple
> nominative sentence, and that a Yiqtol is used to indicate intent,
> subjunctive and imperative. Even in English, how often is “tomorrow”
> connected with a simple nominative? Almost never. And the wayiqtol
> indicating a follow-up, secondary clause to a nominative verb, also would
> seldom be connected with “tomorrow” for the same reason.
>
>>
>> …
>> Randall Buth
>>
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>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>