My suggestion is that the word is an adjective+waw.
Regards
Rolf
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
>Hi Dave,
>
>How did you come to the conclusion that W:GFD"AL is in wqatal? I believe it
>is an infinitive prefixed by a WAW.
>
>Galia
>>Friends,
>>In Gen 26:13 we seem to have a rogue weqatal, W:GFD"L. The
>>two preceding clauses are both wayyiqtol, the following one
>>(subordinated with a preposition) is qatal. I can't see any reason
>>why a weqatal would be between these. BHS suggests repointing
>>to W:GFDOL to make conjunction + adjective, but I'm not so sure.
>>It looks to me like this may be an example of qatal with the simple
>>conjunction rather than a weqatal, but I'm wondering what others
>>think. How does your approach to the verb system treat this word?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dave Washburn