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RASHIS COVERED: Nu31-50a Nu31-50b Nu31-50c Nu31-50d VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ 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 --------------------- ODAYS RASHI RULE: WORD MEANINGS TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: INFERRING MEANING --------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE ----------------------------------------- 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 |
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*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
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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)
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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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