LIST910j
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04
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List of verses with root CXQ = laugh, FOOL AROUND/MOCK
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VERSE
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MODE
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MEANING
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TEXT OF VERSE-Meaning of RPH capped
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Gn17-17a
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ACTIVE
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Laugh*1
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Abe LAUGHED: A 100-yr old have child?
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Gn18-13
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ACTIVE
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Laugh*1
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Why did she LAUGH at the idea
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Gn21-06a
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ACTIVE
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Laugh*1
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They-ll LAUGH on birth of 90 yr old
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Gn19-14
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INTENSE
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MOCK
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They thought he was MOCKING
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Ju16-25
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INTENSE
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MOCK
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Bring Samson so we can MOCK him
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Gn26-08
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INTENSE
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FOOL AROUND
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Isaac and Rivkah FOOLED AROUND
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Gn39-17
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INTENSE
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FOOL AROUND
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The slave came to FOOL AROUND with me
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Ex32-06b
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INTENSE
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FOOL AROUND
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...and they got up to FOOL AROUND*2
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COMMENTS
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*1 Rashi gives more detail:
- The word LAUGH can either denote
- - - HAPPINESS (Gn17-17a and Gn21-06a)
- - - RIDICULE--e.g. he laughed at the idea (Gn18-13)
Of course since the word use--Tzade-Cheth-Kuph--is the same
the difference in meaning---HAPPY vs LAUGHED AT---is inferred
from context.*10
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- Similarly the intense form of CXQ can equally mean
- - - marital FOOLING AROUND
- - - irreverant FOOLING AROUND
- - - MOCKING
*2 The text simply says TO FOOL AROUND. No further details are given.
Rashi outlines several possibilities
- they had a BRAWL and killed somebody
- they engaged in idolatry sex (The sexual orgies associated
with idolatry)*11
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 Actually Rashi says two things on this verse
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- all who heard about Sarahs birth were HAPPY(Tzade-Cheth-Kuph)
- many other barren women gave birth (and hence the HAPPINESS)
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Such double inferences are common in Rashi. It is important
to understand how to approach them. Typically Rashi
- is NOT making two comments on one verse item but rather
- is making TWO comments on TWO verse items!
In this case Rashi in commenting on the verse
- ALL WHO HEAR ME WILL BE HAPPY is
- interpreting the Hebrew root Tzade-Cheth-Kuph as HAPPY
- is interpreting the word ALL to refer to other barren women
See LIST005n below
*11 Rashi does suggest that CHUR was killed--he possibly learned
this from the OTHER EXPLICIT VERSE
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But Moses said I hear BRAWLING
- it is not a tone of SUCCESS REFRAINS
- it is not a tone of SUPPLICATORY REFRAINS
- it is a tone of TORTURE REFRAINS (Referring to a murder)
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Since Chur is never heard from again it is reasonable that
if someone was killed it must be him. I am not totally convinced
at this point that this explains Rashi....I hopeo find further
support at a later date. For the while we suffice with
explaining the nunaces of Tzade-Cheth-Kuph.
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