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TIME, AND THE VERB IN O.T. PROSE BY G. S. OGDEN Singapore The normal understanding of the 'tenses' of Hebrew verbs is that they have regard not to the time but to the nature of the actions described; they tell us what type of action is involved, and nothing as to when the event took place. That there is something unusual about the verb 'be' has long been a recognised fact 1), but a detailed examination of its uses in an attempt to determine the rules which govern its presence in or absence from a sentence, and the particular signification of its inclu- sion, are in need of closer examination. Meaning and use of The verb has three significations. The first and most common is its function as a copula in which the verb links the subject and predi- cate. In each case the subject will be either nominal or pronominal, and will be defined. The predicate will be either nominal or adjectival, or contain an adverbial phrase. e.g. Deut. v 15 1 Sam. iii 1 m!T*"l31. The second signification is that which posits the subject's existence. This subject will almost always be non-defined, and usually be qualified
Vetus Testamentum – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1971
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