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HEBREW QUESTION KEYWORDS |
REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.com/h14n10.htm
This series will last 3-4 days.
RASHIS COVERED: Ex08-22a Gn04-13a Gn11-06c Sentence vs Question
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Nu16-09:11 consists of 4 questions
-- Isnt it enough that you were chosen as Levites serving God?
-- You also seek PRIESTHOOD [?]
-- Therefore (because of lack of PRIESTHOOD) you fight God[?]
-- WHO is Aaron that you complain on him?
There are HEBREW QUESTION KEYWORDS showing that the first
and last sentences are questions. Rashis contribution is to
emphasize that the middle two sentences are also questions. They
are marked with brackets [?]. To understand Rashi we identify
5 HEBREW KEYWORDS that indicate a sentence is a QUESTION
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: GRAMMAR
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: THE SENTENCE
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BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
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Most people are familiar with the concept of GRAMMAR. It is
GRAMMAR that tells you how to conjugate verbs, how to place
subject-verb-object into a sentence etc. There are many
popular books on Hebrew grammar.
Most people know that to make a sentence into a question you
place the Hebrew letter HEY before the sentence.
Rashi in fact uncovers not one but 5 QUESTION KEYWORDS
which convert a sentence to a question. They are
-- HEY
-- ISNT IT ENOUGH
-- BEHOLD
-- WHAT/WHO
-- PERHAPS
Rashi also advanced the idea that the sentences surrounding
a question may inherit the question status from the nearby
sentences.
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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The standard reference for the Rashi dictionary is the
Rashiyomi grammar page located at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/grammar.htm
The standard paper on the 6 Rashi rules is
http://www.RashiYomi.com/rules-01.htm
TODAYS LISTS
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Below, please find two lists: The first list contains
several verses where Rashis contribution is to interpret
them as QUESTIONS vs SENTENCES. The footnote provide
further detail. The second list summarizes the 5 QUESTION
KEYWORDS with sample verses.
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QUESTION KEYWORD |
TEXT OF VERSE WITH QUESTION |
| Nu16-11a |
ISNT IT ENOUGH*1 |
You want priesthood?This is the fight? |
| Gn30-15a |
ISNT IT ENOUGH*2 |
You take my mandrakes? |
| Ex08-22a |
BEHOLD..NOT*3 |
BEHOLD we offer lambs-wont they killus |
| Gn04-13a |
BEHOLD*4 |
My sin is to big to bear? |
| Gn11-06c |
BEHOLD..NOT*5 |
They wont build the tower? |
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COMMENTS |
*1 ISNT IT ENOUGH YOU ARE LEVITES
You seek Priesthood also?
Therefore you are congregating on God?
WHAT has Aaron done that you should complain against him
*2 ISNT IT ENOUGH YOU TOOK MY HUSBAND?
You are going to take my sons mandrakes also?
*3 BEHOLD WE OFFER THE deity OF EGYPT--the LAMB--in Egypt?
They will not stone us?
*4 My sin is to big to bear?
BEHOLD YOU HAVE BANISHED ME..ANYONE FINDING ME WILL KILL ME
*5 BEHOLD THEY ARE ONE NATION & ARE BUILDING A TOWER (OF BABEL)
Nothing will stop them?
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