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9.3.2.4.3 Some time later

The next three examples with , literally from days, is another expression that establishes that the next event took place after a certain passage of time. In each example, the temporal expression is followed by a WAYYIQTOL . Both Josh 23:1 and Judg 15:1 have clauses which further specify the temporal setting, but they are not nuclear clauses. After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years, Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncmp amp Pd Pr- vhp3ms np Pp-np Pp-ncmsc- vqPmpcX3mp Pp-Pd Pc-np vqp3ms vqp3ms Pp+Pa-ncmp Pc-vqw3ms np Pp-ncmsc-np Pp-ampcX3ms Pc- Pp-ncmpcX3ms Pc-Pp- vqPmpcX3ms Pc-Pp-ncmpcX3ms Pc-vqw3ms PpX3mp pi1cs vqp1cs vqp1cs Pp+Pa-ncmp I F 8 E+ F E+ ; 6 6 8 5 Josh 23:1 After a while the sons of Ammon fought against Israel. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncmp Pc- vnw3mp ncmpc-np Pp-np 8 F +3 , Judg 11:4 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat, and said, “I will go in to my wife in her room.” But her father did not let him enter. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-ncmp Pp-ncmpc ncmsc-ncfp Pc-vqw3ms np Po- ncfscX3ms Pp-ncmsc ncfp Pc- vqw3ms vqi1cs{1}Ct Pp-ncfscX1cs Pa-ncmsXd Pc-Pn-vqp3msX3ms ncmscX3fs Pp-vqc M . C ;5 + 5 ; 8 + ; ? Judg 15:1 400 9.3.2.4.4 “From that day…” There are only two occurrences of with this temporal expression which occurs in two forms: + and + . In the first example, the temporal expression is followed by a WAYYIQTOL . From that day forward, he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-Pa-ncms Pa- pi3ms Pc-PdXd Pc-vqw3msX3fs Pp-ncms Pc-Pp-ncms Pp-np Pp Pa- ncms Pa-ams + F 8 . + F 6 1 Sam 30:25 In the second example from Nehemiah, there is a complex description of the work on the wall that precedes the WAYYIQTOL in 4:13a. The use of the PARTICIPLES and with NOUN heightens the vivid description that leads into the action expressed by the WAYYIQTOL . 401 From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows and the breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah. Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon. As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me. I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another. Pc-vqw3msXa Pp-Pa-ncms Pa- pi3ms ncms ncmpcX1cs vqPmp Pp+Pa-ncfs Pc-ncmscX3mp vhPmp Pc-Pa-ncmp Pa-ncbp Pc-Pa-ncfp Pc- Pa-ncmp Pc-Pa-ncmp Pd ncms- ncmsc np Pa-vqPmp Pp+Pa-ncfs Pc-Pa-vqPmp Pp+Pa-ncms vqPmp Pp-afs ncfscX3ms vqPms Pp+Pa- ncfs Pc-afs vhPfs Pa-ncms Pc-Pa- vqPmp ncms ncfscX3ms vqsmp Pp- ncmdcX3ms Pc-vqPmp Pc-Pa- vqPms Pp+Pa-ncms PpX1cs Pc- vqw1cs Pp-Pa-ncmp Pc-Pp-Pa- ncmp Pc-Pp-ncmsc Pa-ncms Pa-ncfs vha Pc-afs Pc-pi1cp vnPmp Pp-Pa- ncfs amp ncms Pp-ncmscX3ms + 3 F K ; - + 1 C3 8 F I F; + + 8 - 3 F ; ; + 8 +- +5 + CI 3 + 8 + Neh 4:10-13 16-19

9.3.2.4.5 Event-Referenced Use of