4) On this assumption, all of the verb forms in the Hebrew Bible are
analysed according to a complex and controversial linguistic model. The
results of this analysis are that there are only two semantically
distinct Hebrew verb forms, and that the distinction can be called one
of "aspect" although it is different from the normal concept of "aspect"
as defined by linguists. [The details of this analysis are in fact
irrelevant to the argument here - although I dispute some of those
details.]
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