Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] How does biblical Hebrew describe a present event? (Joseph Justiss)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:32:07 -0700
Joseph:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Joseph Justiss<jljustiss AT msn.com> wrote:
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> I think … Alviero Niccacci [is right] when he maintains that the simple
> nominal clause and the participial clause are used to represent the
> temporal axis of the present in direct speech. He has recently argued that
> this is also the case in poetry in a recent chapter.
I don’t know who this Alviero Niccacci is, but when I look at poetry
and see present continuing action being addressed with the Yiktol, I
have no choice but to say that the evidence contradicts his claims.
You have to make a better case than just drop names.