On Sunday 28 November 2004 06:57, B. M. Rocine wrote:
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Take your example of two wayyiqtols in Jer 51:29. The consensus among the
five or six modern translators I checked is that the wayyiqtols are
non-past; they differ on whether to translate them as present or future. I
quickly vote future with you. I do not, however, think the text is
evidence that the wayyiqtols are not perfective. The perfectivity of the
forms is utilized to explicitly embed sequentiality into the text. I think
translations should use the word *then* or *so*: "Then the land will
quake, then it will writhe for the thoughts of YHWH stand against Babel."
Bryan,
Would you insist that they use the word "then" or "so" in Judges 12:9-14 as
well?
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Dave Washburn
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