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RASHIS COVERED: Gn03-05a Gn42-04a The DONT-DO-X-RATHER-DO-Y Form VERY BRIEF SUMMARY In about 400 verses the Bible uses the DO-NOT-DO-X-RATHER-DO-Y construction (or NO-X-DO-Y). In a few of these verses we have an interspersed citation:NO-X-(SINCE SO &SO THINKS)-RATHER-Y Rashi interprets these CITATIONS as indicating KNOWN ADAGES -- Gn42-04 He did NOT send Benjamin SINCE HE THOUGHT, LEST an accident happen (Implying the adage that MISFORTUNE WILL HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS DANGER). -- Gn03-03:04 You will NOT die from eating forbidden fruit, SINCE GOD KNOWS, RATHER you will become like GOD (Implying the adage: All artisans (God) are jealous of fellow artisans(Man) ------------------------------------------------ TODAYS RASHI RULE: GRAMMAR TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: CONTRAST ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: NUANCE ------------------------------------------------ Brief Explanation of Rashi Rule and Subrule One of Rashis main goals is to explain Grammar the same way modern Hebrew dictionaries explain grammar. A powerful method to infer new grammatical rules is to use the ALIGNMENT method. As an example the list below presents half a dozen examples of SENTENCE CONTRAST. Each of the sentences in the list uses the format NOT-X-RATHER-Y. However certain rare examples intersperse this format with a CITATION: NOT-X-(SINCE WE THINK) -RATHER-Y. This alignment makes us aware of the Rarity of this added citation and justifies inferring emphasis from it. TODAYS LIST We present half a dozen examples of the NO-X-RATHER-Y construction. In two of them we have an interspersed citation which Rashi interprets as indicating a general principle reflected by a well known adage. | |||
| VERSE | DENIAL PHRASE | CITATION | RATHER Phrase |
| Gn42-04a | He didNT send Benjamin | (he said) | LEST an accident*2 |
| Gn03-03:04 | You will NOT die | (God Knows) | RATHER youll live*2 |
| Gn15-04 | He woNT inherit you | RATHER your son | |
| Gn18-15 | He said NO | RATHER you laughed | |
| Gn32-27 | I will NOT send you | UNLESS you bless me | |
| Differ | *1 | *2 | *1 |
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*1 The grammatical structure is identical. It consists of
the following grammatical form
Do NOT do X (LEST|RATHER) do Y
There are about 400 such phrases in the Bible
*2 Two of these NO-X-RATHER-Y have CITATIONS built into them
The alignment suggests that these citations carry some
type of emphasis In each case the Rashi understands
this emphasis to be a more general principle
-- The verse Gn42-04a
-- Benjamin will NOT go LEST an accident occur---
implies the adage that
SATAN(MISFORTUNE) HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS DANGER
-- The verse Gn03-03:04
-- You will NOT die; RATHER you will become like god & live
implies the adage
All artisans are jealous/hate fellow artisans
(If you become like God, then God will be jealous of you*10
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*10 To summarize
-- In the typical case we use the construction
NO X RATHER Y
-- But when we wish to emphasize a general principle
governing the contrast of X and Y we use the construction
NO X, SINCE SO & SO THINKS, RATHER Y
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