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2. Peter also suggested that wayyiqtols may be jussive forms without the the conjunction, a view promoted by DeCaen.
However, in my opinion the view that Hebrew word order is verb-initial must at some point deal with the grammaticalised makeup of the wayyiqtol form. If it is analysed as [conjunction + clitic + preterite verb], it points to an original X-verb structure, ie verb second, ...
... whereas it is often assumed that wayyiqtol confirms a "VSO" word order, ie verb initial. But as I said, depending on one's theoretical stance, [conjunction + clitic + verb] may still be taken as verb initial clause structure. ...
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