> Dear Rolf and Dave,
>
> Why do you think that the verb 'come' appearing after L:BIL:TIY is in
> qatal? Morphologically speaking it has the form of the imperative (second
> person masculine plural), which, of course, is odd. (But not that odd
> since you would expect here a modal form.) I have not checked other
> versions, but the pointing in our version suggests that it is not a qatal.
Galia,
Of course you're correct. All I can say in response is "Duu-uu-
uh..." I feel pretty silly right now...