vav-consecutive

noun

a grammatical feature of Biblical Hebrew and, to a lesser extent, other Northwest Semitic languages, which allows for a verb's aspect or tense to be flipped to its inverse when preceded by the conjunction וְ־ (wə-, “and”)

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Meanings

nounvav-consecutive (plural vav-consecutives)

plural vav-consecutives

  1. human sciencesa grammatical feature of Biblical Hebrew and, to a lesser extent, other Northwest Semitic languages, which allows for a verb's aspect or tense to be flipped to its inverse when preceded by the conjunction וְ־ (wə-, “and”)

Translations

Hebrew וָי״ו הַהִיפּוּךְ
  • וָי״ו הַהִיפּוּךְgrammatical feature in Biblical Hebrew and other Northwest Semitic languages
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Chicago

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