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  • From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 127, Issue 33
  • Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:06:23 -0200

mike,

>>But I didn't think there was a future tense in Hebrew?

yiqtol is, indeed, used as future indicative in many places. here,
however, i believe it is used as present continuous: although the
prophecy is about the future, the prophet's mourning is in the present.
or still better, as atemporal: it describes a situation without
altogether specifying a time frame.

all these nuances are imperfective.

nir cohen

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