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English and many other languages inflect verbs to express the
time of the action in different ways. Hebrew does
not use tense but can express time with different inflected
forms - "perfect" or "completed" and "imperfect"
or "incomplete". A "completed" action is usually
in the past, while an "incomplete" action is often future.
Continuing or present actions are expressed in Hebrew by using
a participle or an infinitive. These are both uninflected forms
so are often used with a pronoun to indicate the person performing
the action, if the subject is otherwise unexpressed.
This page is part of the Hypertext Bible Commentary - Amos , if you have reached it as a standalone
page, to view it in context, go to www.bible.gen.nz
© Tim Bulkeley, 1996-2005, Tim
Bulkeley. All rights reserved.