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Jason Hare wrote:There's no reason for us to force the issue of word order, of course. It just seems odd to begin a verse with a perfective form without any conjunction or reason for it to be fronted. That's why I commented on it.
Ah, I didn't even notice that, so thanxs for pointing that out - I didn't have a waw-consecutive but yet I used VSO.
I'm going thru 1 Sam 3 right now so I'll try to keep an eye out for if they're consistent (i.e. if waw-consecutive go VSO, but if no waw-consecutive then go SVO)
Jason Hare wrote:There's no reason for us to force the issue of word order, of course. It just seems odd to begin a verse with a perfective form without any conjunction or reason for it to be fronted. That's why I commented on it.
Ah, I didn't even notice that, so thanxs for pointing that out - I didn't have a waw-consecutive but yet I used VSO.
I'm going thru 1 Sam 3 right now so I'll try to keep an eye out for if they're consistent (i.e. if waw-consecutive go VSO, but if no waw-consecutive then go SVO)
Glenn
Let me know if you want to sit and read in the next couple of hours. I have tomorrow off from work. Have been working on my PowerPoint presentation for my Aramaic group, but I just came to a stopping point. I'd love to sit and read through 1 Samuel 3 with you over the phone or Zoom/Skype, if you're interested. Just let me know. You can send me a PM here on the forum.
Jason Hare
Tel Aviv, Israel The Hebrew Café יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃
ספר משלי י״ב, י׳
BUT I'm too "paranoid" about my Hebrew vocalization - after translating each verse, I then listen to a recording of the verse and then practice vocalizing the verse (but, tbh, I can't stand the way I sound, it's tough to hear myself attempt Hebrew)