...
The important question, which seldom have been scrutinized, is: The morphological
distinction, is it semantic (different semantic groups are distinguished) or is it
pragmatic (basically represening function, i.e. past, present, and future reference
/not "tense," which would be a semantic term/ and modality? ...
... The answer stands and falls with the view of WAYYIQTOL. As a matter of
fact, the WAYYIQTOL did not exist before the Masoretes! ...
... Thus, the narrative form with prefixed vaw would have a retracted stress,
and future and modal forms would not. ...
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