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Re: [b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?

From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
To: C L <sigebryht AT yahoo.com>
Cc: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:54:21 -0500

1. I would not read into the cantillation marks more than the minimum: the ZAQEP QATAN over the 3rd, the 6th and the 13th word of the verse is a comma, while the ETNAXTA under YRU$ALAIM is a semicolon.

2. The TIPXA before the ETNAXTA is regularly read less emphatically than the same TIPXA before the climactic SOP-PASUQ, this is at least how I do it.

3. The acts of God, namely, שבתי $ABTIY and ושכנתי W-$AKANTIY are, in my opinion, timeless.

4. It appears to me that the W of ושכנתי W-$AKANTIY is the English 'and', while the W of ונקראה W-NIQRAH is the English 'then'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:37 PM, C L wrote:

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁ֚בְתִּי אֶל־צִיֹּ֔ון וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתֹ֣וךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְנִקְרְאָ֤ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ עִ֣יר־הָֽאֱמֶ֔ת וְהַר־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות הַ֥ר הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃

[b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?, C L, 01/17/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?, Yigal Levin, 01/17/2013
  - Re: [b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?, C L, 01/17/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] How do I interpret the waw-perfect/weqatal forms in Zechariah 8:3?, Isaac Fried, 01/17/2013