dear bryant, george is correct that the vav has many functions (see e.g. several recent papers by a. cook) and psalms is no exception. the vav has lent itself to many interpretations, and in particular i mention here d. michel "tempora...1960" (also discussed in waltke-oconnor) which interprets the yiqtol (whether or not preceded by vav, contrasted with qatal) as an essentially DEPENDENT action, i.e. a "mental consequence" of a previous text unit. this interpretation is much wider than mere contrast. michel's work includes numerous examples from psalms where the connotation is not contrastive.
nir cohen >>> De: "Rev. Bryant J. Williams III" <[email protected]> Data: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:50:16 -0800 >>> Okayyyyyy, what are the other reasons for using this disjunctive if not for only contrast;with examples please? _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
