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Syntax of verbs in Hebrew is fraught with problems. According to classic grammars, many Hebrew words can be translated by virtually all the finite tenses of modern languages. Such grammars include lengthy catalogs of special cases and rules for exceptional uses, which illustrate how difficult the problem of verb syntax is. In turn, translators select the equivalent tense of modern languages based...

§1. This is the main problem of Hebrew syntax. The five verb forms QATAL, weQATAL, YIQTOL, weYIQTOL and WAYYIQTOL, have been translated by nearly all the tenses of modern languages, by every mood (except by the imperative for WAYYIQTOL) and by both aspects or ‘modes of action’ (complete and incomplete). McFall1 has made a survey of the opinions put forward between 1827 (Ewald) and 1954 (Thacker). He examined ten different theories in all, which he grouped
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