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RASHIS COVERED: Gn32-23b AVK=wrestling;YBK=winding river Gn32-25b VERY BRIEF SUMMARY Frequently we learn meaning from CONTEXT. Thus Gn32-25b reads - and a man was AVAK with Jacob till morning---LET ME GO, he said The CONTEXT shows that AVAK means some type of FIGHTING But the Hebrew root AVAK also means DUST. As the LIST below shows all roots ending in BK refer to some type of ENCIRCLEMENT. Hence Rashi ingeniously COMBINES a) the context meaning--FIGHTING and b) the root meaning-DUST.Rashi suggests that AVAK means WRESTLING WRESTLING combines FIGHTING with ROLLING AROUND IN THE DIRT Here Rashi shows his ingenuity in combining disparate sources. Similarly Rashi would translate YBK as an ENCIRCLING River ------------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE WORD MEANINGS TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE NAMING METHODS ------------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RASHI RULE One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain meaning the same way a dictionary does. Rashi has a variety of methods for explaining meaning including - inference from context - other meanings of a given root - meanings of similar roots (2 letter meaning theory) Rashi has a dozen methods of inferring meaning. STANDARD REFERENCES FOR TODAYS RASHI RULE - The 6 Rashi goals http://www.RashiYomi.com/rules-01.htm - 13 methods of inferring meaning http://www.Rashiyomi.com/means-32.htm TODAYS LIST We list the 7 roots ending in Beth-Kuph. We show that all of them mean some type of ENCIRCLEMENT. Thus HUGGERS (CBK) encircle each other; BARNS(RVK) encircle ANIMALS etc | ||||
| VERSE | ROOT | TEXT OF VERSE | WHAT IS ENCIRCLED | |
| Gn29-13 | CBK | He HUGGED and KISSED him | people | |
| 1S28-24 | RBK | a BARN calf | animals*1 | |
| Am06-04 | RBK | Buying calfs from the BARN | animals | |
| Gn32-23 | YBK | (ENCIRCLING) RIVER | the land*2 | |
| Dt02-37 | YBK | The ENCIRCLING River | the land*2 | |
| 1R14-03 | BKBK | a BOTTLE of honey | items/liquid*3 | |
| Jr19-01 | BKBK | Buy a BOTTLE | items/liquid | |
| Dn04-23 | SBK | LEAVE its roots | roots by soil*4 | |
| Gn02-24 | DVK | CLING to his wife | at all points*5 | |
| Gn31-23 | DVK | OVERTOOK him at Gilad | at all points*5 | |
| Gn32-25 | ABK | ..WRESTLED with him | people*6 | |
| Ex09-09 | ABK | ..it became DUST | *6 | |
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*1 Rashi explains that the RVK was a CLOSED SPACE set aside for FATTENING calves (It could be a BARN or any other set aside space) *2 Rashi of course was using the method of OTHER VERSES From the 2 OTHER VERSES(see Dt03-16 also) in the above list we infer that YABOK was the name of a River. Rashi adds that it was a WINDING/ENCIRCLING River *3 Traditionally BKBK meaning is bottled is explained by its sound (bk bk bk) like an emptying bottle. The above list uses a less homiletic approach *4 This word is Aramaic but fits into the above pattern *5 The root D-V-K means PASTE, CLINGING and OVERTAKING. The common denominator is a TOTAL encirclement at all points of contact. Thus the OVERTAKER COMPLETELY encircles the person; the CLINGER is completely encircled by that which he clings to. *6 AVK - means DUST. - From Gn32-25 we infer that it means FIGHTING - but items in this list mean ENCIRCLEMENT Rashi in fact cites different grammarians and translations each echoing one of the above themes. Rashis genious lies in combining these meanings all together--Rashi suggests - AVK means WRESTLING--rolling around in the DUST | ||||