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RASHI: Nu26-13a ZERACH and TZOCHAR are the same person VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ Nu26 contains a list of the major branches of the 12 tribes.Gn46 also contains a listing of Jacobs children & their families. Thus these two chapters SHOULD contain the same major families. By ALIGNING the families in each chapter we infer how (i) certain families had two names and (ii) certain families had died. Here is a simple example --Gn46-10 SHIMONS SONS: yEMUEL YAMIN OHAD YACHIN TZOCHAR SHAUL --Nu26-13 SHIMONS SONS: nEMUEL YAMIN ---- YACHIN ZERACH- SHAUL Rashi infers that (a) OHAD had died (b) TZOCHAR & ZERACH are 2 names for this family (c) YEMUEL and NEMUEL were the same ---------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: MEANING ---------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE ------------------------- Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse. There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words used may all be normal. But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant differences. The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize certain nuances. Perhaps the most obvious way of explaining these alignment differences is to assume that we are dealing with 2 WORDS FOR THE SAME ITEM. This example is particularly potent in poetry as the standard example below shows. Here is the list of MISSING and DOUBLE NAMES. Over the next few days we will add more details on the method and Rashis involved. | ||||
| Gn VERSE | TRIBE | FAMILIES | Nu VERSES | Double/Missing Names*1 |
| Gn46-09 | Reuven | Chanoch | Nu26-05:07 | *1 |
| Phalu | ||||
| Chetzron | ||||
| Carmi | ||||
| Gn46-10 | Shimon | Yemuel | Nu26-12:14 | Nemuel*2 |
| Yamin | ||||
| Ohad | MISSING*3 | |||
| Yachin | ||||
| Tzochar | Zerach*4 | |||
| Shaul | ||||
| COMMENTS | ||||
*1 A blank in the last column indicates that the SAME NAME
is used in both chapters.
*2 Tzefon SOUNDS similar to Tzifyon.
Similarly NEMUEL and YEMUEL sound similar.
NOTE: Rashi does not explain these phonetically similar
names probably because it is obvious
*3 Some grandchildren are mentioned by Jacob but not by
Moses. Rashi explains they died.
*4 Several children have two different names in the aligned
chapters. Since the children are listed in almost the
same order in the two chapters it follows that
if the same slot is filled with 2 different names then
we must be deadling with 2 names for the same person.
We note below the reasons for the 2 names
- Nu26-13a ZERACH=TZOCHAR. Rashi notes that the root ZERACH
and the root TZOHAR, phonetically similar to TZOCHAR both
mean BRIGHT and SHINING
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