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HEBREW TENSES ILLUSTRATED BY THOSE OF OTHER LANGUAGES. TURKISH.

BARKER writes:--"The first tense i.e. the present has also a future signification; "aidrm" is used for 'I do' and 'I will do' equally. It is therefore called aorist ? by Mr Redhouse." The present participle "aider", 'doing,' has, Mr Barker says, a future sense also.-- "Grammar", p. 27, 28.