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Subject(s)

• Hebrew language—Verb [Browse]
• Hebrew language—Aspect [Browse]
• Hebrew language—Tense [Browse]
• Hebrew language—Semantics [Browse]

Series

• Linguistic studies in ancient West Semitic ; 16. [More in this series]
• Linguistic studies in ancient West Semitic ; 16 [More in this series]

Summary note

"Offers a new explanation for the expression of tense and aspect in Biblical Hebrew, demonstrating that the verbal forms have basic aspectual and derived temporal meanings"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Comments on the state of research
• A theory of aspect and tense
• Progressive and resultative verbs in Biblical Hebrew
• Communicative appeal and the semantics of the Biblical Hebrew verb
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 9781646021406
• 1646021401 ((cloth))

LCCN

2021054185

OCLC

1274199178

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