Hebrew OT Syntax | Comments (3)
Dean Forbes informed me today that the website devoted to the database created by himself and Francis (Frank) Andersen is up and running. The website provides information on the status of their ongoing work, provides a list of our germane publications, and will eventually have short papers and (perhaps) an FAQ. Two papers already […]
MSH @ July 23, 2008
Hebrew OT Syntax | Comments (0)
I recently ran this search for a graduate student - all clauses where you have a cohortative, followed immediately by a clause that has a cohortative as a predicator, but which is not prefixed by waw. The search is pictured below. You can download the file and run the search (if you have Libronix 3.0) […]
MSH @ July 9, 2008
Hebrew OT Syntax | Comments (0)
Verbless clauses in biblical Hebrew come in several syntactical varieties. One such example are clauses where one finds a subject and subject complement juxtaposed together with no stated verbal element. The search for this syntactical pattern appears below (restricted to Genesis; 243 occurrences). I’ve restricted the search somewhat by requiring that the first part of […]
MSH @ July 6, 2008
Hebrew OT Syntax | Comments (0)
Here’s an interesting post on this topic. Apparently, this is a search that can’t be done in most commercial software packages since it requires using something called “regular expressions.” It isn’t syntax, but it’s cool.
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MSH @ June 17, 2008
Hebrew OT Syntax | Comments (0)
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 […]
MSH @ June 15, 2008
