A NOTE ON SOME HYPOTHETICAL CLAUSES IN A COPTIC AND ARABIC MS OF THE PENTATEUCH: THE CASE OF لولا
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The following article deals with the 'hypothetical particle' Vjl in the Arabic version of the Pentateuch in MS Paris BN copte 1 (14th century). This Arabic version was translated from a Coptic version which is set parallel to it; the instances of Vjl are very indicative of the work of a translator in a period of lingual transition.