This is because of a certain grammatical time used in Biblical Hebrew (narrative) which is marked by an superfluous „and“ at the beginning of the word.
When I learned Hebrew, I was taught to ignore it and form normal sentences.
It’s a translation artifact of kinds. In old Hebrew texts ו (vav) is used as narrative continuation marker at the beginning of a sentence. Basically, it’s a particle that indicates that a story being told continues with this next sentence. It was translated as “and” for obvious reasons. I have no idea whether this device is used in modern Hebrew or whether it was actually used in common speech in old Hebrew. Note that the same fav is also used as a conjunction marker, so translation as ”and” is pretty much justified
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WeRegretToInform on May 11st, 2020 at 07:05 UTC »
My teacher told me to never start a sentence with “and”.
Damn you Ms Hudson!
N0SK177 on May 11st, 2020 at 09:14 UTC »
This is because of a certain grammatical time used in Biblical Hebrew (narrative) which is marked by an superfluous „and“ at the beginning of the word.
When I learned Hebrew, I was taught to ignore it and form normal sentences.
MrMobster on May 11st, 2020 at 10:46 UTC »
It’s a translation artifact of kinds. In old Hebrew texts ו (vav) is used as narrative continuation marker at the beginning of a sentence. Basically, it’s a particle that indicates that a story being told continues with this next sentence. It was translated as “and” for obvious reasons. I have no idea whether this device is used in modern Hebrew or whether it was actually used in common speech in old Hebrew. Note that the same fav is also used as a conjunction marker, so translation as ”and” is pretty much justified