Open AccessThe Biblical Hebrew wayyiqtol and the Evidence of the Amarna Letters from Canaan
Author(s) -
Krzysztof J. Baranowski
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of hebrew scriptures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1203-1542
DOI - 10.5508/jhs.2015.v15.a12
Subject(s) - biblical hebrew , syntax , prefix , hebrew , hebrew bible , narrative , similarity (geometry) , philosophy , literature , history , linguistics , art , biblical studies , computer science , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence
The Amarna letters from Canaan (ca. the middle of the fourteenth century B.C.E.) contain several passages which employ the yaqtul forms in the narrative. These passages attest to the existence of the short prefix conjugation in contemporaneous Canaanite dialects. This conclusion is based on the close similarity of their syntax to the Biblical Hebrew wayyiqtol.