Edition 1.

20 September 2011

Observations on Tenses in Archaizing Poetry (ABH)

by David Steinberg

David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca

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See Tenses or Aspects in Biblical Hebrew

The following tables contain examples, not comprehensive lists, although they may encompass the majority of actual occurrences in the text.

The verse and chapter numbers are those in the standard Hebrew text which, at times, is slightly different from the standard numbering of English translations.

Table A - Tense Implications of SC and PC in the Same Verse

Table B - Present Tense Indicated by the use of the SC of a Stative or Quasi-stative Verb and the PC_imp of an Action Verb in the Same Verse

Table C - PC_{pret_sim} and PC_pretWC in the Same Verse Referring to the Past

Table D - PC_{pret_sim} and SC in the Same Verse Referring to the Past

Table E - PC_pretWC and SC in the Same Verse Referring to the Past

Table F - PC_{pret_sim} without PC_pretWC or SC in the Same Verse Referring to the Past

Table G - PC_pretWC Should be Revocalized as PC_imp Due to Contextually Required Meaning (no examples in these poems)

Table H - Substitutes for PC_imp