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 57:17; 63:3–5, Zech. 8:10, Ps. 104:32; 107:26–29. In most of these cases the peculiarity belongs to the first pers. In some of them the vav has evidently conversive force, e.g. Is. 43:28; 51:2; in others, e.g. Is. 10:13, it may be doubtful whether the impf. be not a graphic pres. or freq. There seems no doubt that according to the Massor. tradition the strong vav received in some instances a lighter pronunciation. On similar light vav with Juss. § 65, R. 6.

Rem. 7. Strong vav is also used with Cohort. This form had no doubt originally a wider sense as an intensive. In some cases a certain force or liveliness may still appear in coh. with vav. conv., e.g Gen. 41:11 וַנַּֽחַלְמָה  ''and why! we dreamed'', 32:6, Ps. 3:6; but often any additional emphasis is not to be detected, the form being partly rhythmical, 2 S. 22:24, or probably, since coh, and juss. make up a single tense-form, partly used as the natural parallel to the juss. forms of vav impf. The use of strong vav with coh. is sporadic. It is rare in the prophets, and most common in the personal narratives in Ezr., Neh., and Dan.

PERFECT WITH STRONG VAV. VAV CONV. PERF.

§ 52. Vav perf. follows a simple impf. in any of its uses, and has the same use. It has, however, in practice become a tense-form, used in the sense of impf., particularly as fut. and freq., although no impf. precedes. When a neg. or other word must come between the vav and perf., the discourse returns to the simple impf. Is. 11:6 וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ  and the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; Hos. 2:9 וּבִקְשָֽׁתַם וְלֹא תִמְצָא  and she shall seek them, and shall not find them. Gen. 12:12, 1 S. 1:11.

§ 53. (a) Vav perf. continues impf. in the sense of fut., and its use in this sense is general, although no impf. immediately precedes. 1 K. 22:22 אֵצֵא וְהָיִֽיתִי רוּחַ שֶׁקֶר  I will go out and be a lying spirit; Jud. 6:16 אֶֽהְיֶה עִמָּךְ