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Time and the Biblical Hebrew Verb: The Expression of Tense, Aspect, and Modality in Biblical Hebrew, Vol. 7 is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this book, John Cook interacts with a range of approaches to perennial questions on the Hebrew verb. Some of his answers may appear traditional, such as his perfective-imperfective identification of the qatal-yiqtol opposition, but his approach is distinguished by its modern linguistic foundation. One distinguishing sign is his employment of the phrase “aspect prominent” to describe the...

[4.24] Gen 4:3–4 וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ יָמִים וַיָּבֵא קַיִן מִפְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה מִנְחָה לַיהוָה׃ וְהֶבֶל הֵבִיא גַם־הוּא מִבְּכֹרוֹת צֹאנוֹ וּמֵחֶלְבֵהֶן וַיִּשַׁע יְהוָה אֶל־הֶבֶל וְאֶל־מִנְחָתוֹ ‘And it happened that after some days Cain brought (WAYY.3MS) some of the produce of the ground as a gift to Yhwh, and Abel also brought (QTL.3MS) some of the firstborns of his flock and some of their fat’. Because Reinhart (1984: 794–95), following Hatav’s treatment of BH, identifies wayyiqtol as the only form
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