God Watches Sin
(C) Dr Hendel, Sep-02
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RASHIS COVERED: Dt32-34a Dt32-34b God remembers sin
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashi translates Dt32-32:34 as follows
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The sins of the Jews are like SEDOMITE WINE
Their grapes are poisonous their wine venomous
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Is not THIS--THEIR SINS--GUARDED/REMEMBERED BY ME
(Is not THIS--THEIR SINS--SEALED/REMEMBERED by me
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Thus Rashi identifies the referent of the PRONOUN IT
as referring back to the SEDOMITE WINE
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TODAYS RASHI RULE GRAMMARr
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE PRONOUN REFERENCE
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TODAYS RASHI RULE WORD MEANING
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE INFERRING MEANING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE & SUBRULE
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One of Rashis tasks is to explain grammar
and dictionary meaning the same
way that modern Hebrew books explain grammar. One
aspect of grammar is to explain the meaning and
reference of pronouns. The example below aptly
illustrates this. The example below also illustrates
how Rashi can infer the meaning of an unknown root
using various word-meaning-inference rules.
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR TODAYS RASHI RULE
The RashiYomi grammar page
http://www.RashiYomi.com/grammar.htm
The 13 methods of inferring word meaning
http://www.RashiYomi.com/means-32.htm
TODAYS LIST
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We examine Dt32-34 and the surrounding verses.
We explain the reference of pronouns. Rashi also uses
the methods of ALIGNMENT and OTHER VERSES to explain
the unknown rare root K-M-S
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VERSE
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Phrase1
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Phrase2
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Phrase3
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Dt32-32
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Their wine
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is
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Sedomite
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Dt32-32
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THeir grapes
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are
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poisonous
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Dt32-33
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Their wine
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is
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venomous
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Dt32-34a
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Is not IT*1
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K-M-S*2
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with me
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Dt32-34
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SEALED
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In my treasure chests
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COMMENTS
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*1 Dt32-34a Rashi explains that the word it
refers back to the POISONOUS GRAPES, or
the SEDOMITE WINE (Which refers to the
fermented bad deeds of the Jews)
Thus Rashi is using the grammatical rule
of fill-ins to explain an unknown
antecedent
*2 (Dt32-34b)
Rashi uses the ALIGNMENT method to
explain that the rare Hebrew root K-M-S
means SEALED or KEPT IN and refers to
something REMEMBERED.
Here Rashi uses the word naming technique
of exageration: Just as the SKYSCRAPER
describes the attribute of TALLNESS by
exageration and comparing the building
to something that SCRAPES the SKYS so too
Rashi explains that the word SEALED can
refer to something REMEMBERED & GUARDED.*10
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 Further confirmation of this meaning can
be obtained by using the technique of
OTHER VERSES which infers the meaning
of a given verse by reviewing other verses
These other verses show that Gods
rememberance is an important attribute
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Ex34-07 God REMEMBERS sin of parents on sons
Ex20-05 God REMEMBERS sin of parents on sons
Dt07-09 God REMEMBERS convenants to those who observe
Dt32-34 God will SEAL their VENOMOUS deeds in his treasures
Ex02-24 God heard their prayers;REMEMBERED his convenant
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(In fact REMEMBERANCE is one of the major
themes in the New Year prayer)
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