SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main methods is the explanation of meaning
the same way a dictionary explains meaning. We call this
the WORD MEANING method.

Today we explore 5 different Rashi methods that explain
meaning.

Rashi had 10 vehicles to directly explain meaning.
Rashi would sometimes explain the meaning of HEBREW
BIBLICAL ROOTS by using the meaning of the individual
Hebrew letters. Some people erroneously interpret
Rashi as not believing in the 3 letter root theory
which everyone accepts. Actually Rashi believed that
- Hebrew roots had 3 letters and were CONJUGATED
the way we all know
- Rashi ADDITIONALLY believed that the Hebrew roots
themselves were composed of one and two letter
roots which themselves had meaning.
The examples below will clarify this.

EXAMPLE Gn14-02a Beth can mean IN
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Gn14-01:02 mentions the names of 9 Kings.
Rashi derives personality attributes from
the names of these nine kings. The list
below shows this Rashi interpretation along
with other roots where BETH means IN
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BRA  (A Name) = A King who had EVIL (RA) IN HIM(Beth)
B-ER (Well)   = Something whose INside(Beth) is LIT(ER)
B-LL (Mix)    = TO SWIRL (LL) the INside(Beth)
B-SR (rotten) = REMOVE(SR) its INSIDES(Beth)
B-TN (Belly)  = the BASKET(TNA) withIN(Beth)
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EXAMPLE Gn14-02b Beth can mean THRU / BY
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BRSA (A Name)    = to power THRU(Beth) his WICKEDNESS(RSA)
BTA  (pronounce) = THRU(Beth) BRANCHING(Tet) [of tongue]
SL-B (Content)   = THRU(Beth) POSSESION (SL=mine)
SG-B (Tall)      = THRU(Beth) GROWTH (SGA)
B-XN (to test)   = THRU IT(Beth) you achieve GRACE(XN)
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From these lists Rashi infers that the king
- BRA was a King who had EVIL withIN
- BRSA was a king who rose to power THRU EVIL

LIST910s below presents roots with BETH meaning IN
LIST910t below presents roots with BETH meaning THRU

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi will sometimes explain IDIOMS. An IDIOM is a
collection of words, which together means something
different than its component parts. Thus the
IDIOM endows NEW MEANING to the collection of words.
Very often the IDIOMATIC meaning is closely related
to the individual words. We call this the NEW MEANING
method.

EXAMPLE Gn13-03a
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Gn13-03 states
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Abraham WENT BY HIS JOURNEYS ...until
he came to his original starting place
where he had built an altar
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Rashi explains the IDIOMATIC phrase
WENT BY HIS JOURNEYS
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WENT BY HIS JOURNEYS means he lodged
at the same hotels he lodged initially
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi will very often take a verse whose
meaning is understood and ADD a consequence
to the verse. We call this the SPREADSHEET
method since SPREADSHEETS are very often
used to derive consequences of otherwise
understood data.  The SPREADSHEET method
is also used when Rashi gives COMPUTATIONAL
or GEOMETRIC diagrams to clarify the meaning
of the verse.

Rashi also infers MORAL VALUE from the
text of Gn13-03a ---Rashi comments
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We infer from this behavior of Abraham
the value in revisiting former contacts
and gradually building a relationship
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LIST854x presents lists of Biblical idioms
LIST690a presents examples of the SPREADSHEET method

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's 10 main goals is to explain Grammar
the same way Hebrew textbooks explain Grammar.
A GRAMMATICAL method that overlaps with word
explanation is the ROOT+PREPOSITION method. When
using this method we explain the same Hebrew
root as meaning different things depending
on the connective preposition used with the root.

EXAMPLE
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Gn12-15 states
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Pharoh's staff saw Sarah and THEY PRAISED
HER TO(Aleph Lamed) PHAROH
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Rashi comments on the phrase
PRAISED HER TO (Aleph Lamed) PHAROH
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The words of praise were of the form
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
She is the type of beautiful woman
that only a Pharoh deserves
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Before explaining Rashi let us clarify
how HE would translate the verse
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Pharoh's staff saw Sarah and THEY PRAISED
HER RELATED TO PHAROH
[AS A WOMAN WORTHY OF A PHAROH]
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In other words Rashi interprets the phrase
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PRAISE ALEPH-LAMED
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as meaning
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PRAISE RELATING TO
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Rashi would justify his interpretation
based on the fact that Gn12-15 is the
only verse in the Bible with the
strange construction PRAISE + ALEPH-LAMED
The traditional prepositional connectives
associated with PRAISE are
-- PRAISE so and so (Use ETH)
-- PRAISE SOMEONE FOR such and Such(use BETH)
-- PRAISE AMONG (also uses BETH)
-- SELF PRAISE/BRAG (Use BETH)

LIST901O summarizes several examples of the
Hebrew root to PRAISE, along with different
connectives.

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 major methods is the derivation
of textual interpretation from CONTRADICTIONS
between verses. Rashi had 3 methods to resolve
contradictions. When Rashi resolves contradictions
thru the use of BROAD or LITERAL meanings

EXAMPLE Gn12-01d
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In Gn12-01 God tells Abraham
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Leave your country
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This seems to contradict Gn11-31 which states
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Terach took his family...Abraham and...and
left OR CASDIM journeying to CHARAN
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If he had ALREADY left why was he told to leave
again?

Rashi resolves this contradiction thru
a use of BROAD interpretation
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- Gn11-31 says that Abraham PHYSICALLY left his country
- Gn12-01 requests Abraham to SOCIALLY leave his country
That is, he wsa requested to leave his fathers influence
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LIST520a presents several examples of
resolution by broad-literal methods.

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Another grammar method that overlaps with word
meaning is the NOUN-VERB-ADJ-TRANSFORMS method.
This method studies how words can change from
OBJECTS (noun) to ACTIVITIES (verbs) to ATTRIBUTES
(adjective).

EXAMPLE: Gn13-12a He TENTED
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Gn13-12 states
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Lot TENTED to Sedom
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Rashi comments on the transformation of the
object TENT, a noun, to the activity TENTING,
a verb
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He TENTED to Sedom means he established
many tents along the road [for his
shepards and flocks]
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LIST050d presents other examples of TRANSFORMATION of meaning.

List of words with       NOUNS becoming VERBS