that is my understanding .... of the mainstream view ....
vav prefixed to a pronomial prefixed verb .... functions as
a. conjunction; and
b. tense converter.
but i am not unmindful of your teaching .... to wit:
ו (vav) = ב (bet), whose literal meaning = thicken; and whose abstract meaning = to come into being; and which latter letter births in turn the verb בוא (boh or voh).
perhaps the solution resides in the eternal perspective, rather than the space/time perspective of our universe. .... in other words, the hebrew language sees only the present .... or "avraham acts again and takes a woman" ....; no past; no future, only present; and pronomial suffixed verbs = pronomial prefixed verbs .... much as noun synonyms ... :)
regards,
fred burlingame
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu> wrote:
3. So is this a "conjunction" vav (it is actually VA, not a mere V) or a "conversive" vav, or both?
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:04 PM, fred burlingame wrote:
that is my understanding of the conventional wisdom ... the ebb and flow of the tide:
1. לקח , la-ka = base form of verb, pronomial suffix form (but without pronoun appearing in this instance), and instructing past tense;
2. יקח , yi-ka = iteration no. 1, pronomial prefix form of verb, with pronoun yod appearing and instructing future tense;
3. ויקח , va-yi-ka = iteration no. 2, pronomial prefix form of verb, with pronoun yod appearing, and conjunction vav also prefixed, which converts verb back into past tense.
regards,
fred burlingame
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