Biblical Hebrew does not have modal auxiliary verbs such as can/could, shall, would, will, may, etc. The root of the concept “modality” lies in the distinction made between the form of the indicative, subjunctive and optative “moods” of Greek and Latin verbs. Each one of these modalities refers to a certain subjective judgment regarding the actuality of an event. The indicative refers to a certain reality (factual event) and is regarded as the unmarked form, for example, “Peter