Wayyiqtol Sequences with Disjunctive X-Qatal
Here’s an example of a particular sequence that illustrates how a syntactical database can assist scholars looking for this kind of discourse pattern. The search below asks, “Where in the Hebrew Bible will I find three consecutive wayyiqtol clauses [no expressed subject] followed by a waw conjunction + expressed subject [noun] + qatal that disrupts the wayyiqtol sequence?”
There are 211 instances of this pattern in the Hebrew Bible. If you have Libronix 3.0 you can download the search and run it yourself. Put the search file in My Documents/Libronix DLS/SyntaxQueries.
MSH @ June 15, 2008