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[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Nir,

You didn't change the subject line or copy much of the message to which you were responding. This would make it very difficult for some members to follow your contribution here. Perhaps adjust the subject line in future? Thanks.

GEORGE ATHAS

Co-Moderator, B-Hebrew

Sydney, Australia

From: "Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>
Date: Monday, 22 July 2013 8:06 AM
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 127, Issue 33

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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