The Syntax of the Verb in Classical Hebrew Prose

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Contents Foreword Abbreviations Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM OF TENSE IN HEBREW (§1) Chapter 2 A NEW APPROACH: TEXT LINGUISTICS (§§2-5) Chapter 3 NARRATIVE AND COMMENT (§§6-13) a. The noun clause and the verbal clause (§6) b. Narrative and discourse (§§7-13) Chapter 4 WAYYIQTOL AND QATAL (§§14-25) a. QATAL in narrative (§§15-21) (1) Initial WAW-x-QATAL (§§16-20) (2) Non-initial (WAW-)x-QATAL (§21) b. QATAL in discourse (§§22-25) Chapter 5 HEBREW NARRATIVE (§§26-50) a. The beginning of a narrative (§§27-38) (1) WAW-x-QATAL (§27) (2) wayehi (§28-36) (3) 'Temporal circumstance' not preceded by wayehi (§§37-38) b. Interruption of WAYYIQTOL chain (§§39-50) (1) To express an antecedent circumstance (§40) (2) To express simultaneity (§41) (3) To express contrast (§42) (4) To express a simultaneous circumstance (§§43-45) (5) To express a repeated action (§§46-47) (6) To express emphasis (§§48-50) Chapter 6 DISCOURSE (§§51-78) a. YIQTOL (§§55-56) b. weQATAL (§§57-60) c. Volitive forms, weYIQTOL, weQATAL (§§61-65) d. [Omited] (§§66-73) (1) [Omited] (§§67-72) (2) [Omited] (§73) e. 'Narrative discourse' (§§74-78) Chapter 7 TENSE SHIFT (§§79-94) a. Linguistic attitude (narrative/comment) (§§81-87) (1) In narrative (§§81-84) (2) In discourse (§85) b. Prominence (foreground/background) (§§86-87) (1) In narrative (§86) (2) In speech (§87) c. Linguistic perspective (recovered information/degree zero/anticipated information) (§§88-94) (1) In narrative (§§88-92) (2) In discourse (§§93-94) Chapter 8 THE TWO-ELEMENT SYNTACTIC CONSTRUCTION (2SC) (PROTASIS-APODOSIS) (§§95-127) a. Classification (§§97-105) (1) A conditional clause (§97) (2) Clause of time (§98) (3) A relative clause or a participle used as a conditional (§99) (4) Simple noun clause functioning as a clause of time or a conditional clause (§100) (5) Causal clause (§101) (6) Infinitive plus preposition functioning as a clause of time or cause (§102) (7) Short indications of time (§103) (8) 'Casus pendens' (§104) (9) Compound noun clause (WAW-x-QATAL) (§105) b. Evaluation (§§106-127) (1) The conditional clause (§107) (2) The clause of time (§§108-109) (3) Causal clause (§110) (4) Constructions used in the protasis (§§111-112) (5) Constructions used in the apodosis (§§113-118) (6) 'Casus pendens' (§§119-122) (7) The construction with 'casus pendens' and the compound noun clause (§§123-125) (8) The two-member syntactic construction (2SC) in detail (§§126-127) Chapter 9 SUMMARY ON THE USE OF TENSE IN PROSE (§§128-167) a. Criteria (§§128-138) (1) Morphology and meaning (§129) (2) The synchronic level (§130) (3) 'Verb forms' and 'grammatical constructions' (§131) (4) The function of such forms and constructions (§132) (5) Tense and 'mode of action' (§133) (6) The emphatic function and word order in the clause (§§134-138) b. Forms and constructions (§§139-167) (1) WAYYIQTOL (§§140-146) (2) QATAL (§§147-152) (3) YIQTOL (§§153-155) (4) weQATAL (§§156-158ii) (5) weYIQTOL (§§159-160) (6) Simple noun clause (SNC) (§§161-162) (7) The compound noun clause (CNC) (§§163-167) Chapter 10 COMMENTS ON THE USE OF TENSE IN POETRY (§§168-174) a. Introductory remarks (§§168-170) b. The problem (§§171-174) Notes Additional Bibliography Index of Biblical References Index of Authors A B C D E F G H I J K L M N P R S T V W Z