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Moses Spoke to God 5 times |
RASHI: Dt03-23c
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Throughout the Torah God gave Moses commandments to Give to
the Jews. Several dozen Biblical paragraphs present these
commandments. A typical paragraph begins
----- And God spoke to Moses FOR SAYING(to others)
A database query of all dialogs BETWEEN God and Moses with
a request FOR A SAYING shows that in 5 cases Moses spoke
to God FOR SAYING(ie FOR SAYING back to him...for an answer)
Apparently these were important requests and Moses so to speak
DEMANDED a RESPONSE from God (hence the phrase FOR SAYING).
(Appropriate comments are made about Moses DEMANDING a response)
TODAYS RASHI RULE: DATABASE
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: QUERIES
BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
Very roughly speaking modern Database theory has
rigorously defined the concept of a database query.
- A DATABASE is a collection of TABLES
- Each TABLE how ROWS and COLUMNS
- A DATABASE query is simply a REQUEST for a VIEW
--1-- The VIEW may RESTRICT the ROWS of a TABLE
----- Only ROWS meeting certain CRITERIA will be returned
--2-- Or the VIEW may JOIN tables on a common field
--3-- Or the VIEW may RESTRICT certain columns
--4-- THe VIEW may COMBINE or INTERSECT other views
- The above 4 methods are the basic methods of VIEWS
The challenge in each case is to rigorously DEFINE the
vIEW. The language for doing this is called SQL, the
STANDARD QUERY LANGUAGE. This is all straightforward
as the standard example shows
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/database.htm
In the first few pages of this DATABASE article I posit
the assumption that Rashi-s primary goal was to be
a Masorite--he preserved the Biblical text--by noting
DATABASE rarities.
STANDARD EXAMPLE
The LIST below contains the 5 verses with
-- MOSES and TO GOD are mentioned
-- a speaking verb (SAY, SUPPLICATE etc)
-- a request for a response (FOR SAYING)
are given in the list below.
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| VERSE |
VERB OF SPEECH USED |
CONTENT OF REQUEST |
| Ex06-12 |
Moses SAID to God |
Jews are tired;wont listen |
| Nu27-15*1 |
Moses SAID to God |
Please appoint a leader |
| Nu12-13*1*2 |
Moses SCREAMED to GOd |
Please cure Miriam |
| Dt03-28*1*2 |
Moses SUPPLICATED to God |
Let me enter Israel |
| Ex17-04 *2 |
Moses SCREAMED to God |
Jews angry;will stone me; |
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COMMENTS |
*1 The Sifrah-Sifray cites the above 5 verses where Moses
spoke to God. Shockingly however, Rashi states
--There are 3 places where Moses prayed to God
Thus the Rashi commentators have to defend Rashis picking
3 vs 5 verses.*10
There are two possible resolutions. The Sifsay Chachamim
citing the Raam explains
-- In the above 5 cases only the 3 marked with footnote
-- #1 show actual prayer. The other 2 cases are not
-- PRAYERS but STATEMENTS.
Thus Rashi adds to the Sifrah
by pointing out that of the 5 cases of Moses speaking
to God 3 are prayers.
*2 The Sifrah-Sifray cites the above 5 verses where Moses
spoke to God. Shockingly however, Rashi states
--There are 3 places where Moses prayed to God
Thus the Rashi commentators have to defend Rashis picking
3 vs 5 verses.*10
There are two possible resolutions. My approach is
-- Of the 5 cases only 3 of them use verbs of SUPPLICATION
-- or SCREAMING (These are marked with footnote #2). The
-- other 2 cases used the traditional verbs to speak
Thus Rashi adds to the Sifrah by classifying the
verbs used in these 5 cases of supplication by Moses
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