Kudos to J. D. Michaelis, who in 1745! (as per Hetzron 1969, according to your site) thought of the "waw conversive" as originating in HAWAYA, 'was'. It, indeed, seems to me quite obvious that the WA- in, say, WA-YI-$LAX, is a variant of BA, 'come, happen, be', referring to the event, -YI- as a curtailed HIY), 'he', for the actor (or, again, the event) of the act $ALAX, 'send'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Dec 1, 2011, at 8:08 AM, David Steinberg wrote:
You may find the following of relevance - http://www.adath-shalom.ca/history_of_hebrew.htm#BH_tenses
David Steinberg
Ottawa, Canada
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