The vav-consecutive or waw-consecutive (וי״ו ההיפוך) is a grammatical construction in Northwest Semitic languages, most notably in Biblical Hebrew, but with parallels in Moabite, Aramaic and Ugaritic. It involves a verb form prefixed with the letter waw with a change in its tense or aspect.
The vav-consecutive or waw-consecutive (וי״ו ההיפוך) is a grammatical construction in Northwest Semitic languages, most notably in Biblical Hebrew, but with parallels in Moabite, Aramaic and Ugaritic. It involves a verb form prefixed with the letter waw with a change in its tense or aspect.
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