Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

1. It will be declarative if you choose to declare it to be so, otherwise it will remains merely assertive, or at most, emphatic. 

2. One does not argue with character.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Dec 7, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Rolf wrote:

So  I do not understand why the verb in 1 Kings 1:5 cannot be declarative, but "has tense character."