as already accomplished in the conception of the speaker, e.g. הֲרִמֹ֫תִי I lift up (my hand in ratifying an oath) Gn 14:22; נִשְׁבַּ֫עְתִּי I swear Jer 22:5; הַֽעִדֹ֫תִי I testify Dt 8:19; יָעַ֫צְתִּי I counsel 2 S 17:11 (but in a different context in ver. 15, I have counselled); אָמַ֫רְתִּי (prop. I say) I decide (I consider as hereby settled) 2 S 19:30; I declare Jb 9:22, 32:10. k (c) To express facts which have formerly taken place, and are still of constant recurrence, and hence are matters