There are several attractive sides with your model, but I will concentrate
on two problems, 1) the lack of control mechanisms, and 2) the possibility
of circularity.
I will concentrate on Psalm 107: 17-20.
NIV has the following translation:
17. Some became fools (nominal cl. ) through their rebellious ways
and suffered affliction (YIQTOL) because of their iniquities.
18. They loathed (YIQTOL) all food and drew near (WAYYIQTOL) the
gates of death.
19. Then they cried (WAYYIQTOL) to the LORD on their trouble,
and he saved (YIQTOL) them from their distress.
20. He sent forth (YIQTOL) his word and healed them (WEYIQTOL), he
rescued (WEYIQTOL) them from the grave (YIQTOL)
It seems that the NIV translators viewed these verses as historical
narrative. They are expressed by 5 YIQTOLs, 2 WEYIQTOLs, and 2 WAYYIQTOLs.
You classify the first part of v 17 as historical narrative, and vv. 18, 19,
as PD (repeated actions in the past), and v 20 has no classification. Only
the YIQTOL of v. 20 is sentence initial.
Q 1: Do the WAYYIQTOLs, the WEYIQTOLs, and the YIQTOLs have the same
semantic meaning (the imperfective aspect), or do they havve different
meanings?
Q 2: The WAYYIQTOLs and the WEYIQTOLs evidently have the same temporal
reference, so what is the difference?
How can we pinpoint repeated action in the past when both the
perefective and the imperfective aspect can portray repeated action? This is
a rhetorical question.
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1 H |
2 |
3 | ____
4 | | HN 1
| | ____
| | | E
5 | | |____
6a | |
6b | | P
7 | |____
8 |
9 | ____
10 | | HN 2
| | ____
| | | E
11 | | |____
12 | |
13a | |
13b | |__P__
14 |
15 |
16 | ____
17 | | HN 3
| | ____
| | | P
18a | | |____
18b | |
18c | |
19a | |
19b | |__P__
20 |
21 |
22 | ____
23 | | HN 4
| | ____
| | | E
24 | | |____
25 | |
___________
26 | Parenthetical H
27 |__________
28 | |
29a | | YHWH's H
29b,c | |
30 | |_____
31 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 | ____
36 | | HN 5
37 | |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |____
42 |
43 |_____________
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