...This is interesting because it seems to me to offer strong confirmation of the traditional model for BH, even that it continued to be in use in the Qumran period. There is of course nothing "uncancellable" here, but if we look at the majorities, we see:
Conj. Past Present Future Total
-yqtl 3% 10% 88% 100%
wyqtl 54% 15% 31% 100%
-qtl 76% 11% 13% 100%
wqtl 1% 1% 98% 100%
A. Part. 7% 16% 77% 100%
P. Part. 44% 7% 49% 100%
Total 26% 14% 60% 100%
To interpret these tables, what you call "future verbs" with waw (i.e.,
wyqtl) refer to the past in 54% of cases and to the future in 31% of cases
in these Dead Sea scrolls. What you call "past verbs" with waw (i.e. wqtl)
refer to the past in 1% of cases, and to the future in 98% of cases.
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