Matthew,
> Gday all,
>
> How do people parse the kethiv and qere forms in Ruth 4.4? I take the K as
> indicative and the Q as cohortative. Any thoughts?
I don't think "indicative" is the right term, but I would agree that the
K is a yiqtol. It looks to me as though the difference is "that I may
know" (K) versus "and I will surely know" (Q, cohortative), just a tad
stronger.