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> 2. What term do you use for the vav reversive? Just, a
simple vav or
> anything else?
The only publication I can think of that uses the term
vav-reversive regularly is Kittel, Hoffer, and Wright. It's
kind of hokey, as they admit, and it's supposed to be the
vav on a qatal that alledgedly converts the meaning of the
affixed form to that of a prefixed form. While we have said
in the past that Kittel et. al's terminology is fairly
harmless, this is one of the least desireable appelations
they use, IMO. I prefer the least loaded of terms, weqatal,
as opposed to Kittel's "affix with the vav-reversive" or the
common "converted perfect."
B. M. Rocine
Associate Pastor
Living Word Church
6101 Court St. Rd.
Syracuse, NY 13206