From: "Ewan MacLeod" <macleod_ewan AT hotmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: initial waw
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 15:42:33 +0000
In narrative sections of the Bible it seems to be an almost universal rule
that sentences would start with vav+VSO - e.g. the Law is full of sentences
starting with things like vayomer, vayikra, vayavdel elohim, etc. So
sentences that start without the vav are probably few indeed - I can't think
of any without searching for them.
Nevertheless, for learning purposes, you have to start somewhere and jumping
straight into the Torah can be very daunting without a few 'made-up'
sentences to help you. Years ago I got some Jewish booklets which were
intended to be a bridge to reading the Torah - they presented the early
chapters in Genesis with easier Hebrew, which made it much easier to read
Genesis for real later.
Ewan MacLeod
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