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Re: Is waw Consecutive (wayyiqtol) perfective or imperfective?
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:20 pm
by SteveMiller
Isaac Fried wrote:See, for instance, Job 1:16
עוֹד זֶה מְדַבֵּר וְזֶה בָּא וַיֹּאמַר אֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים נָפְלָה מִן-הַשָּׁמַיִם וַתִּבְעַר בַּצֹּאן וּבַנְּעָרִים וַתֹּאכְלֵם וָאִמָּלְטָה רַק-אֲנִי לְבַדִּי לְהַגִּיד לָךְ
KJV: "While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee."
Isaac Fried, Boston University
thanks Isaac, but too weak.
Re: Is waw Consecutive (wayyiqtol) perfective or imperfective?
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:52 am
by Isaac Fried
Notice also the לְהַגִּיד, "to tell", at the end of the verse.
Isaac Fried, Boston University.
Re: Is waw Consecutive (wayyiqtol) perfective or imperfective?
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 12:37 pm
by Isaac Fried
Seems to me that הִגִּיד = היא-ג-היא-ד HIGIYD it tainted by the confrontational flavor of נֶגֶד, NEGED, 'opposite, against'. See Gen. 3:11
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה
KJV: " And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?"
Isaac Fried, Boston University
Re: Is waw Consecutive (wayyiqtol) perfective or imperfective?
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:07 pm
by Isaac Fried
Here, Ex. 14:15, is an example of DABER but without EMOR
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה מַה תִּצְעַק אֵלָי דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיִסָּעוּ
Isaac Fried, Boston University