diff --git a/content/verb_perfect.rst b/content/verb_perfect.rst index a166b69..20bb04d 100644 --- a/content/verb_perfect.rst +++ b/content/verb_perfect.rst @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ This is an action described as a hypothetical situation. How much better if the people **had eaten** freely today :ref:`Stative` actions (describing a state or condition) -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This kind of action describes a state or a condition, often (but not always) with a passive :ref:`stem formation`. @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ This is an action that is performed by speaking it. Prophetic actions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This is a very rare use of the suffix conjugation verb, occurring in prophetic +This is a very rare use of the Perfect conjugation, occurring in prophetic utterances. .. csv-table:: Example: ISA 11:9 @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ utterances. .. _verb_perfect-copulative: Perfect copulative -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This form adds the :ref:`conjunction` diff --git a/content/verb_sequential_perfect.rst b/content/verb_sequential_perfect.rst index 0180a9a..e12f4a5 100644 --- a/content/verb_sequential_perfect.rst +++ b/content/verb_sequential_perfect.rst @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ Verb Sequential Perfect Summary ------- -A Sequential Perfect verb often appears to function like an Imperfect verb, but it usually connects to some earlier -verb of a different conjugation which it then imitates in function. +A Sequential Perfect verb often expresses the same kinds of action as the *Imperfect conjugation*, but it also connects to an +earlier verb to form either a sequence of time or a sequence of thought. However, in Biblical Hebrew a Sequential Perfect +verb has an additional and unique potential to express the same kind of action as the verb immediately preceding it. Article ------- @@ -24,9 +25,12 @@ normal Perfect conjugation but includes the :ref:`verb` does not function like a normal Perfect conjugation verb. Rather, it functions more like an :ref:`Imperfect` verb, because it often appears in a series following a -clause with an Imperfect verb. It functions in a variety of other ways as well, because it actually derives its function -from a previous verb form that it then imitates. This previous verb can be any of several different forms, allowing the -Sequential Perfect verb to function in many different ways (see the examples below). +clause with an Imperfect verb. + +.. note:: The Sequential Pefect conjugation has an additional function that is unique among all verbal conjugations in Biblical Hebrew. +A Sequential Verb often, but not always, expresses the same kind of action as the preceding verb. This is often the case when +a Sequential Perfect verbs are used to express a sequence of incomplete actions, a sequence of imperatives, or a sequence of +verbal actions expressing possibility or desirability. There is a difference between (1) the Sequential Perfect conjugation, (2) the :ref:`Perfect copulative`, @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ specified timeframe. Direct or indirect commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -In the following example, the sequential suffix conjugation is +In the following example, the Sequential Perfect conjugation is translated with :ref:`imperative` meaning. .. csv-table:: Example: 2SA 7:5 @@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ translated with :ref:`imperative` meaning. go **and-say** to\_my-servant to\_David Go **and tell** David my servant -In the following example, the sequential suffix conjugation is +In the following example, the Sequential Perfect conjugation is translated with :ref:`jussive` meaning. .. csv-table:: Example: GEN 31:44 @@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ Actions of greater or lesser desirability These may include instructions, requests, permissions, invitations, assurances, wishes, etc. -In the following example, the sequential suffix conjugation is +In the following example, the Sequential Perfect conjugation is translated with :ref:`cohortative` meaning. .. csv-table:: Example: RUT 2:7