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GOD CARRIES US


RASHIS COVERED: Dt32-11a Dt32-11b God carries us thru history
                Dt32-11c Dt32-11d

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY:

Dt32-11 poetically describes how God carries us thru history.
God describes the 3 basic components of Gods Carrying us thru
history using poetic analogies & a few words.The stages are
-- AWARENESS OF THE TRIP:God tells us we have a journey
-- THE TRIP VEHICLE:God takes different people in different ways
-- THE PERILS:God tells us the perils of the journey
The description is communicated by analogy with eagle travel
-- AWARENESS              The Eagle AWAKENS her young
-- TRIP VEHICLES          Eagles HOVER at varying altitudes
-- TRIP PERILS            Young are carried on Eagle WINGS

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:                          STYLE
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:                       POETRY
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE & SUBRULE:

Many Rashis are based on MEANING or GRAMMAR. But some Rashis
are based on STYLE.  One Biblical style is the Poetry style
in which the Bible describes an item by listing 3-6
components of the item--each component is tersely listed using
words with catchy nuances. This terse description motivates the
name Poetry method.The proper Rashi method for understanding a
POETRY passage is to
- identify the underlying unifying item
- identify the 3-6 components of this theme
- create a cross-walk between these components
  & the verse phrases

STANDARD EXAMPLE & TODAYS LIST

The list below describes the general guidelines
for analyzing a poetic passage. A 2nd list applies these
guidelines to Dt32-11
STEPS IN ANALYZING POETIC PASSAGE APPLICATION TO Dt32-11
Identify the unifying theme God CARRYING us thru history
Identify 3-6 components of theme Trip awareness;vehicle;perils
Identify key words in verse AWAKEN, HOVER, WINGS,CARRY
Identify nuances of key words HOVER=varying positions
Parallel components & verse phrases See the 2nd list below
Parallelism fills unknown meanings *1
COMMENTS
 
*1 That is , the
   parallelism IN AND OF ITSELF can
   suggest word meanings.
Dt32-11

 We now apply the above 6 stages to this verse
VERSE PHRASE ANALOGY POINT OF EMPHASIS
Eagle AWAKENING its nest God tells of journey Awaken<->swoop*1
HOVERing over its nest Many appearances*2 Many altitudes*2
Takes young on WINGS God prophesies peril Young ON wings*3
CARRYing young God carries us
COMMENTS
 
*1
   Although many birds SWOOP down on a nest rudely awakening
   their young, Eagles 1st ruffle the treetops so that their
   young are already awakened when the mother bird comes.
   By analogy God EXPLICITLY informs us of our
   journey thru history rather than barging in on us

*2 The Eagle HOVERS at varying altitudes (Some young
   birds feel more reassured if the
   mother bird is at a high/low altitude). By analogy
   God appears to different people in different forms
   (Warrior, Father, Mother, King) to
   reassure them

*3 Most birds carry young by the legs (A Frightening
   experience). But the eagle carries its young on its
   wings shielding them from the perils below.
   By analogy God warns us of perils in the journey
   thru history (Thus WINGS symbolize PROPHECY the same
   way WIND(SPIRIT) does)