RASHIS COVERED: Gn30-34a HAYN has 4 meanings: Here,now,affirm,them

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY

One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words
the same way a dictionary does. In doing this Rashi employs a
variety of techniques. In this posting we review 3 techniques:
--WORD MEANING BY FORM--a PATCHED object looks like DEW on GROUND
--SYNONYMS --Rashi selects between contradictory meanings of word
--ROOT+ PREPOSITION - the preposition following a root can change
its nuances. Using the above we have that
-- DOTTED, DEWED, BURNT refers to sheep with (Small) DOTS, (Big)
PATCHS (Like Dew), a REDDISH-BROWN burnt color
-- ANSWER IN means TESTIFY or PROVE. Other words are below

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TODAYS RASHI RULE        WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE     NAMING TECHNIQUES
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE

One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words
the same way a dictionary does. Words can be named by any of
8 techniques (Eg PENTAGON names an object by its shape while
United Nations names an object by its FUNCTION). Similarly
there are 13 methods of inference of word meaning: These
include for example SYNONYMS in which Rashi explores either
SIMILAR meanings to DISSIMILAR roots or DISSIMILAR meanings
to SIMILAR/IDENTICAL roots. They also include seeing
special nuances in ROOT+PREPOSITION connections.

REFERENCES FOR TODAYS RULE

8 methods of naming:     http://www.RashiYomi.com/naming-8.htm
13 methods of inference: http://www.RashiYomi.com/means-32.htm
Rashi dictionary:        http://www.Rashiyomi.com/words.htm
6 Rashi goals            http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm

TODAYS LISTS

We present the remaining 3 lists (the first one was presented
yesterday) We explore here 2 Rashis where Rashi warns one
In this list--
The root Hay-Nun has 4 meanings--
- AFFIRM
- HERE
- NOW
- THEM
When Laban said
-  H-N
To Jacobs proposal of DOTTED,FLAKED and BLACK sheep it could
mean

- HERE--you can have DOTTED, FLAKED & BLACK sheep

So Laban would not take the current DOTTED,FLAKED and BLACK
but would give Jacob ALL Dotted, FLAKED and BLACK sheep

or it could mean

- AFFIRMED--I will take the CURRENT dotted, flaked and black
and you can have the rest.

Thus the two interpretations contradict each other.
Hence Rashi had to clarify which translation is used. This
inference comes from context.

Here are the 4 meanings of HAYN