You are correct when you say that most Semitists view WAYYIQTOL as perfective. But I would ask two questions on the basis of the masoretic rules of pointing and vocalization: Could the gemination of the YOD in the prefix and the position of the stress corroborate the view that the WAY(Y)-prefix only is a conjunction that have a conjunctive force, and not is a semantic marker making WAYYIQTOL different from YIQTOL?
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