From: "Trevor & Julie Peterson" <06peterson AT cua.edu>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Preterite and Imperfect
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:18:55 -0400
Peter wrote:
> Trevor, are there actually any cases which don't fit the following
> formula?
>
> Waw-patah-consonant-dagesh... = preterite
> Waw-qamets-aleph... = preterite (qamets is compensatory lengthening)
> Waw-patah-aleph... = imperfect
> Waw-schwa/hireq... = imperfect
What about cases where the dagesh drops from yod (mostly D(p) stems, I would
guess)?