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  • From: Donald Vance <donaldrvance AT mac.com>
  • To: "Dr. Frank Matheus" <post AT matheus.de>
  • Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tense
  • Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:47:12 -0600

Karl's non-answer aside, we would, of course, assign a past time sphere, to use the question's terminology, and we would do so because the wayyiqtol pattern preserves or retains an old perfective form. The introduction to Leviticus makes this clear.

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Donald R. Vance
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On Dec 13, 2012, at 11:16 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?

 

Frank

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