To: list b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: wayyiqtol test, Gen 42:6-17, edition
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 09:37:15 +0800
Dave Washburn wrote [quoting Bryan]:
> > Reworded: With Gen 42:8's vayaker the narrator is signalling the reader,
> > "Let's start again from back here," and he uses a form that suggests the
> > middle of a story.
>
> I agree that this is what the narrator is doing, but I would submit
> that he uses a form that is neutral and lends itself well to this kind
> of jump-back.
Okay, Dave, let's play with your idea. What do you propose exists in this
"neutral"
form (WP or wayyiqtol) that results in its "lend[ing] itself well to this
kind of
jump-back"?
Paul
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