Cc: Biblical Hebrew list <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Plural -WN ending
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:33:57 -0700
George:
When I see verses with multiple Yiqtol verbs, and only one of which has a paragogic nun, that indicates to me that there must have been some reason for that paragogic nun. That is not the sort of pattern in which one finds archaisms.
That it’s just a surviving archaism doesn’t make sense.
It may be as little as an emphatic, which often makes little to no difference for a translator.