On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 01:09:40AM -0700, K Randolph wrote:
> Bryant:
>
> Two thoughts come to mind:
>
> 1) in the Yiqtol conjugation, in an unpointed text, there are no
> differences between the Qal, Niphal, Piel, Pual, and hophal for regular
> verbs. So how do you know which binyan was used for this verb?
But we have a pointed text which goes back to quite reliable
massoretic oral tradition...