The Meaning of Qatal

This study proposes a novel semantics for the Biblical Hebrew qatal form that includes both perfective and perfect/anterior meanings. I begin by evaluating other theories of qatal and give six criteria with which they might be evaluated, showing past analyses to be inadequate. These criteria are giv...

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Subtitles:SBL Annual Meeting 2020 Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Seminar: Linguistic Variation in Biblical Hebrew
Main Author: Grasso, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2021
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hebrew language / Grammar / Semantics
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Biblical Hebrew verbal system
B Semantics
B qatal
B Biblical Hebrew
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