Verbs and numbers : : a study of the frequencies of the Hebrew verbal tense forms in the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles / / A.J.C. Verheij.

• Author: Verheij, Arian J. C.
• Place / Publishing House: Assen/Maastricht, The Netherlands : : Van Gorcum,, 1990.
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English; Hebrew
• Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (iv, 135 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Some Studies of the Language of the Book of Chronicles /; Method /; General Observations /; Qatol /; Qetol /; Qotel /; Qtol /; Qatal and Yiqtol /; Conclusions /; Abbreviations and Signs /; Bibliography /; Index of Authors /; Index of Biblical Passages /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-130) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004358587
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: A.J.C. Verheij.

Unlike earlier investigations on the changes Biblical Hebrew underwent over the ages, this study does not attempt to draw a broad picture encompassing various kinds of linguistic phenomena. The work stresses the need for a well-founded statistical and form-oriented methodology for the description of historical linguistic change in the Hebrew Bible. With the aid of computer techniques the book concentrates on one major aspect of Biblical Hebrew, viz. the verbal tense forms. It examines the absolute and relative frequencies of these data in the books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles in a comprehensive manner. In this way some of the established opinions concerning increase or decrease in the use of certain tense forms are confirmed, others contradicted, and new evidence is adduced. In addition to the statistical analyses, Verbs andamp; Numbers contains a complete inventory of the parallel passages where Chronicles has another tense form than the Vorlage. This makes it a valuable source of information for the interpretation of the book of Chronicles.