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*Emphatic future: ''wājā́'' + imperfect (remnant of BH ''*wahayā'', waw-consecutive + suffix conjugation) | *Emphatic future: ''wājā́'' + imperfect (remnant of BH ''*wahayā'', waw-consecutive + suffix conjugation) | ||
*Jussive: ''jế'' 'let it be' + imperfect | *Jussive: ''jế'' 'let it be' + imperfect | ||
===Waw- | ===Waw-consecutive=== | ||
The Biblical Hebrew distinction between waw-preterite and perfect became a purely syntactic one: The waw-preterite is used as the default past tense form, and the perfect is used when pre-verbal particle is attached (such as ''lō'' 'not', ''him'' 'if', ''ha-'' 'question particle', ''hinni'' 'but'). This is similar to Old Irish verbal allomorphy between independent and dependent forms. | The Biblical Hebrew distinction between waw-preterite and perfect, and waw-stative and future, became a purely syntactic one: The waw-preterite is used as the default past tense form, and the perfect is used when pre-verbal particle is attached (such as ''lō'' 'not', ''him'' 'if', ''ha-'' 'question particle', ''hinni'' 'but'). This is similar to Old Irish verbal allomorphy between independent and dependent forms. | ||
*''wajjṓγal'' = he ate | *''wajjṓγal'' = he ate |
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