the Subject is ms and the Finite is 3ms, though there is a slight incongruence with אֱלֹהִים in so far as it is formally, though not operationally, plural. The Finite is the clause constituent that, along with the Subject, makes it possible to challenge the validity of the message of the clause. Using the Finite, the speaker signals whether the proposition was valid in the past or at another time (the present or future). This feature of a verb is typically called its tense. Thus, the Finite expresses