Notes on The Lengthened Imperfect Consecutive in The Samaritan Pentateuch
It is well known that the lengthened imperfect consecutive is more common in the Samaritan Pentateuch than in the Masoretic Pentateuch, and it is usually assumed that it is formed on analogy with the cohortative. It is shown that the imperfect consecutive lengthened by paragogic hē is used to expres...
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Oxford University Press
[2021]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-26 |
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| Summary: | It is well known that the lengthened imperfect consecutive is more common in the Samaritan Pentateuch than in the Masoretic Pentateuch, and it is usually assumed that it is formed on analogy with the cohortative. It is shown that the imperfect consecutive lengthened by paragogic hē is used to express that the speaker receives the benefit of the situation expressed by the clause, and that this function of paragogic hē can be reconciled with paragogic hē of the lengthened imperative and the cohortative. It is also suggested that the attestations of the lengthened imperfect consecutive with the same function in the Masoretic Pentateuch and the Former Prophets indicate that the construction was productive at some point also in pre-exilic Hebrew.1 |
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| ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgaa049 |