Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Frank:

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Dr. Frank Matheus <post AT matheus.de> wrote:

Dear list,

 

if we perceived a text comprising only of one word, e.g. וַיֹּ֙אמֶר , to which time sphere would we sort the proposition, and why would we do so?

We would not know because this is not a grammaticalization for any time sphere. It could be present, it could be future, without further context, there’s no way to tell.

 

Frank

Karl W. Randolph.