equivalent to our: they would have killed me, Ps. 119:87; Gen. 26:10; cf. § 358a. Thus, there are contained in the perfect a multitude of special references and meanings, which might give occasion to the rise of as many new forms; but this Hebrew perfect still remains in a quite rigid and simple state. 136a. II. The Imperfect1 describes that which is incomplete, whether this be what does not yet exist, or what is going on, merely progressing towards completion; hence it may also, on the other hand,
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