Biblical Hebrew: The meaning of vav-consecutive + stative prefix conjugation verbs

[risotto]

What about Samuel 1 7.2?

וַיְהִ֗י מִיּ֞וֹם שֶׁ֤בֶת הָאָרוֹן֙ בְּקִרְיַ֣ת יְעָרִ֔ים וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֖וּ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה וַיִּנָּה֛וּ כׇּל־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אַחֲרֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

The verb וַיִּרְבּוּ֙ clearly means a change of state, because the days increased, right?

 

[S1234]

It sure does!

 

[Drink]

Not necessarily. You can interpret it as static as follows: "And it was, from the day of ... that the days were many and they were twenty years."

 

[S1234]

Here is another example:

וּכְכַלּוֹתָם הֵבִיאוּ לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וִיהוֹיָדָע אֶת שְׁאָר הַכֶּסֶף וַיַּעֲשֵׂהוּ כֵלִים לְבֵית יְהוָה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת וְהַעֲלוֹת וְכַפּוֹת וּכְלֵי זָהָב וָכָסֶף וַיִּהְיוּ מַעֲלִים עֹלוֹת בְּבֵית יְהוָה תָּמִיד כֹּל יְמֵי יְהוֹיָדָע.
וַיִּזְקַן יְהוֹיָדָע וַיִּשְׂבַּע יָמִים וַיָּמֹת בֶּן מֵאָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּמוֹתוֹ.
וַיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ בְעִיר דָּוִיד עִם הַמְּלָכִים כִּי עָשָׂה טוֹבָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְעִם הָאֱלֹהִים וּבֵיתוֹ.
(דברי הימים ב כד יד)

And וַיִּזְקַן יְהוֹיָדָע וַיִּשְׂבַּע יָמִים וַיָּמֹת clearly means “Yehoyada BECAME old and full of days and died.”

 

[Drink]

How is this example different from the dozens of other examples we've had here already?

 

[amikama]

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Thank you all for your contributions,

amikama
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