WORD MEANINGS |
RASHIS COVERED: Gn27-12a MSS means FEEL; MS means DEPART
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks was to explain the meanings of
words the same way a dictionary explains words. Rashi had
a variety of methods by which to explain words. These include
- EXPLANATION OF PHRASES: eg MAN OF HAIR is similar to the
the idiom OWNER OF HAIR and means HAS ALOT OF IT
- GRAMMATICAL DISTINCTION: eg M-v-S means to DEPART while
M-S-S means TO FEEL
- COMPARABLE VERSES TO INFER MEANING: eg EZAL=left over
- NAME BY PROPERTIES: eg The HANGER is the SWORD that HANGS
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: METHODS OF NAMING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TODAYS RULE
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks was to explain the meanings of
words the same way a dictionary explains words. Rashi had
a variety of methods by which to explain words. These include
-- explaining meanings of unknown phrases
-- explaining words using grammatical distinctions
-- explaining words by reviewing comparable verses
-- explaining items by their properties
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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The 8 methods of naming objects
http://www.RashiYomi.com/naming-8.htm
The 13 methods of inferring meaning
http://www.RashiYomi.com/means-32.htm
The RashiYomi dictionary
http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm
TODAYS LISTS
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We present 4 lists illustrating word meanings derived
using the above 4 principles. In this 2nd list we show that
- MS means DEPART
- MSS means FEEL
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VERSE |
ROOT |
TEXT OF VERSE WITH M-v-S or M-S-S |
Gn27-12 |
M-S-S |
Maybe my father will FEEL me*1 |
Gn31-37 |
M-S-S |
..you have FELT thru all my utensils |
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Nu14-44 |
M-v-S |
...they did not DEPART from the camp |
Ex33-11 |
M-v-S |
...they did not DEPART from the tent |
Jr17-08 |
M-v-S |
...the trees do not DEPART from bearing fruit |
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COMMENTS |
*1 The Grammatical form Ye-Moos-SHAY-ni is rare
Moshe Silvermans Grammatical Konkordance gives
this as form 1805 with only 2 examples
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Ps139-13 TeSooKayNi
Gn27-12 YeMooShayNi
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