LIFE means RECURRENCE
(C) Dr Hendel, Dec-02
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RASHIS COVERED: Gn18-10a LIFE means SOME TYPE OF RECURRENCE
Ex01-16d Ex01-17d Nu35-03a Lv13-10a
Lv13-14a Ex01-19a Lv14-04a Lv13-14a
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
LIFE means RECURRENCE. 6 applications of this unifying idea are:
- Gn18-10a LIVE TIME --at the same RECURRING date next year*1
- Ex01-16d ALIVE Ability to RECUR EXISTENCE daily*2
- Ex01-17d SUPPORT Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life
- Nu35-03a SUPPORT Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life
- Lv13-10a SCAB RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound
- Lv13-14a LIVE SKIN (SCAB) RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound
- Ex01-19a MIDWIFE Helps life RECUR (thru birth of new children)
- Lv14-04a LIVE BIRD Not permanantly ill*3
This above examples show the utility of the LIST approach!
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: UNIFIED MEANING
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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 explains words. Rashi has a variety of
vehicles by which he explains words. One vehicle is to present
a Hebrew root, suggest a unifying meaning*11, and then apply this
suggested unifying meaning to several examples. The application
of this unifying meaning to disparate examples gives credibility
to Rashis suggested thesis and also enriches our understanding
of the root. This Rashi is a peach of a Rashi that illustrates
5 distinct levels of understanding Rashi.
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
The RashiYomi dictionary: http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm
The 6 Rashi goals: http://www.RashiYOmi.com/rules-01.htm
TODAYS LIST
We present about half a dozen verses that use the root CHET YUD
which means LIFE. The list shows how these meanings relate to
RECURRENCE. The footnotes further enrich our understanding.
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VERSE
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MEANING
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TEXT OF VERSE:WE SHOW HOW live MEANS recur
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Gn18-10a
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LIVE TIME
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--at the same RECURRING date next year*1
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Ex01-16d
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ALIVE
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Ability to RECUR EXISTENCE daily*2
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Ex01-17d
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SUPPORT
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Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life*10
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Nu35-03a
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SUPPORT
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Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life
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Lv13-10a
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SCAB
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RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound*12
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Lv13-14a
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LIVE SKIN
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(SCAB)RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound*1
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Ex01-19a
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MIDWIFE
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Helps life RECUR (thru birth of new children)
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Lv14-04a
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LIVE BIRD
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Not permanantly ill*3
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COMMENTS
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*1 This Rashi (Gn18-10a) presents the unifying theme.
The RECURRING DATE NEXT YEAR is called the LIVE TIME.
Thus we explicitly see that LIFE=RECURRENCE
The list revus this idea in other Rashis
*2 The philosophical literature on the meaning of life is
rich and complex. Suffice it to say that the Torah views
LIFE vs INANIMACY as AN EXISTENCE THAT HAS THE AUTONOMOUS
ABILITY TO RECUR (by sustaining itself)
*3 The word LIVE when contrasted with ANIMAL means WILD LIFE
(CHET YUD HEY). However this word is never used for birds.
Thus this word (LIVE) is new here (LIVE BIRD). Rashi uses
the RECURRENCE IDEA---a LIVE BIRD is a bird that can
recover (RECUR) from any illness. This excludes a MORTALLY
WOUNDED BIRD (TERAYFAH) who cannot RECOVER/RECUR from
their illness
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