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WORDS FOR JEWELRY


RASHIS COVERED: Nu31-50a Nu31-50b Nu31-50c Nu31-50d

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Nu31-50 lists 4 pieces of jewelry: Earings, (hand)-bracelets,
(foot)-bracelets, and belly rings. The Hebrew words used are
rare. It is clear from the verse context that the words refer
to pieces of jewelry. The challenge before Rashi was to give
the exact Jewelry nature of each piece.  Rashi used 3 methods
to infer the meanings of these words. The most powerful of
methods is to find other VERSES with the same piece of jewelry
(So e.g. BRACELETS ON HANDS implies they are worn on hands)
Rashi also inferred word meanings from the meanings of ROOTS
and ETYMOLOGIES.So this is a good Rashi on how to infer meanings

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ODAYS RASHI RULE:      WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:  INFERRING MEANING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE
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Todays and yesterdays posting illustrate 3 methods
of inferring meaning
- by revuing the meaning of roots of new words
- by revuing comparable verses with certain words
- by using advanced etymology methods


TODAYS EXAMPLE

Here is the list of 4 jewelry pieces and the 3 methods used
VERSE JEWELRY MEANING Method of Proof
Nu31-50a Etzada Foot-bracelets ROOTS*1
Nu31-50b Tzamid hand-bracelets VERSES with this word*2
Nu31-50c Agil Earings VERSES with this word*3
Nu31-50d Cumaz belly rings*4 ETYMOLOGY*4
COMMENTS
*1 *2 Done yesterday  (Tzaad means TIP TOE; hence
      Etzada  means FOOT BRACELET)

*3 Ez16-11:12 contains a list of 5 pieces of jewelry
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   Jewelery        Organ placed on
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   Bracelets       on the hands
   Necklaces       on the neck
   Nose Rings      on the nose
   Earings         on the ears
   Diadem/Tiara    on the head
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   This justifies associating EARINGS with the EAR

*4 As Ez35-22 shows, the CUMAZ (Belly rings) was worn by
   respectable people and was not eg jewelry only worn
   by prostitutes.

   Following Midrash Rabbah we explain the meaning of
   3 letter roots from their letters. KAPH means LIKE

   Here is a list of sample roots where KAPH means LIKE
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   ROOT   MEANS = Kaph=Like      Meanings of 2 letter root
   ----- ------ - -------------- ----------------------------
   K-A-V (Pain) = K (like)       A-V(a wanting)
   K-B-D (Heavy)= K (like)       B-D(isolated)
   K-D-R (Ball) = K (looks like) D-R(bundled bonfire sticks)
   L-C-Sh(Deny) = K (Like)       ChS(Silence)
   K-M-Z (Belly)= K (Like)       Z-M(Sexual heat)
   ----------------------------------------------------------

   In the main posting I suggest that in BIblical times
   - certain Jewelry could be worn in public
   - certain Jewelry was only worn on intimate occasions
     (like lingeray)
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