Psalm 88/Notes/Verbal.Vv. 3-4.543973

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  • Imperatives and jussives, such as תָּבוֹא and הַטֵּה, default to reference point movement (unless they're imperfective, e.g. 'keep on eating!').
  • The verb שָׂבְעָה is morphologically and semantically a stative, and so the qatal' is taken to stand for a present state. BDB understands all instances of this verb as statives, rather than inchoatives.
  • The lack of reference-point movement with הִגִּיעוּ prompts us to render this in English as a present perfect (instead of a simple past).