Hi Galia,
Thanks for all your helpful posts! You wrote:
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> Note, furthermore, that English allows past simple to report past in the
> past, although it prefers the past perfect for that function.
Wayyiqtol can be used for past in the past, too, right? E.g. Gen 31:34
from veraxel loqxah and on. If we interpret these cases as historical
narratives (with the purpose of establishing a scene) which are embedded in
a historical narrative, I think your model is safe! ;-)
Or there are cases when qatal in a dependent clause giving past-in-the-past
information is continued by wayyiqtol as in 2Ki 17:7 wayir'u. Again, I
explain it as a "subordinate historical narrative."
In any case, there are quite a few wayyiqtols for which we might prefer an
English past perfect *translation*.
Shalom,
Bryan
B. M. Rocine
Associate Pastor
Living Word Church
6101 Court St. Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13208