Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Ken:

This is poetry, and sometimes rules are broken to fit into rhythm, and
sometimes waw- prefixes are omitted but understood to be there. This
example looks like a little bit of both.

Karl W. Randolph.

On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Kenneth Litwak <javajedi2 AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> Simple Question:
>
> Is YiSLaC MiMRoM at the start of Ps 18:17 MT translated like a
> waw-consecutive because WaYeRa)u at the start of 18:16 is a
> waw-consecutive?  If so, how "long" can such a construction be?  Many
> sentences (or verses for the Massoretes)? I thought that there had to be
> more occurrences of waw- for a series of verbs like this to be considered a
> waw-consecutive.  Thanks.
>
> Ken
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