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VERSE: Ex38-07a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-07a Ex36-06a Ex39-01b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words. In explaining word meaning Rashi had at his disposal a variety of vehicles. We illustrate below 3 vehicles EXAMPLE: Ex38-07a WORD MEANING by 2 Letter Theory ------------------------------------------------- NVUV means hollow. This can be justified by verses It can also be justified by Rashis 2 letter semantic root theory -- NUN means CHILD OF so N-V(hollow)= CHILD(Nun) of INSIDE (B). MANY other examples are presented EXAMPLE: Ex39-01b WORD MEANING by FORM -------------------------------------- Most people are familiar with the word RKA=HEAVEN Hence Rashi informs us that the primary meaning of this root is to FLATTEN/SPREAD OUT. Here, the Heavens are named by their FORM (FLATTENED & SPREAD OUT). There are many items named by FORM (eg the PENTAGON is named by FORM while the UN is named by Goal). See the LIST below for examples. EXAMPLE: Ex36-06a WORD MEANING by UNIFIED MEANING ------------------------------------------------- Here Rashi uses the UNIFIED ROOT MEANING approach The UNIFIED MEANING of K-L-A is TO HOLD BACK IN. Hence this root has such diverse meanings as PRISON, BARREN LAND, DROUGHTS, CATTLE RANCHES,GRAFTS See the list below for further details Ex38-07a NVUV = hollow Jr52-21 Ex38-07 Ben BO WORD MEANINGS BEN Ex36-06a VAYICALAY stopped WORD MEANINGS Ex39-01b P136-06 To SKY the gold threads (Spread them out thin) | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANING | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: | 8 METHODS OF NAMING | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
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SEE BELOW | LIST810b | |
Words illustrating | naming things by FORM | |
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SEE BELOW | LIST910a | |
Words illustrating | 2 letter semantic roots | |
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SEE BELOW | LIST920a | |
Verses Illustrating | K-L-A means HELD BACK |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
The list below gives objects named by their FORM. For example the PENTAGON is named by its SHAPE An ORANGE dress is named by its APPEARANCE A utensil HANDLE is named by its RELATIVE POSITION In each case some aspect of the FORM names the object | |||
VERSE | TERM | Refers to ... | |
Ex25-31d | MENORAH THIGH | Its Bottom(Rashi) | |
Ex40-22a | Temple THIGH | Temple SIDE | |
Ex40-22b | Temple THIGH | Temple SIDE | |
Lv01-11a | Altar THIGH | Altar SIDE | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Ex25-31f | MENORAH BUD | Bud-like ornament | |
Ex25-31g | MENORAH FRUIT | Fruit-like ornament | |
Ex25-31h | MENORAH FLOWER | FLOWER-like ornament | |
Ex28-33a | POMEGRANATES | POMEGRANATE ORNAMENTS | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Lv13-03b | CLOUD wound | WHITE wound | |
Ex25-04a | SKY thread | Thread dyed SKY BLUE | |
Ex25-04b | WORM Thread | Thread DYED RED | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Lv13-55d | PIT wound | DEEP wound(Pechethet) | |
Lv13-18a | LOW wound | ABCESS | |
Ex39-01b | SKY | FLATTENED out*1 | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Nu31-50c | The ROUND | EARING JEWELRY | |
Ex28-32a | MOUTH-HEAD | NECK of a garment | |
Ex35-13a | FACE BREAD | Bread with 2 faces | |
Ex28-04d | CHECKERED | CHECKERED Garment | |
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*1 Rashi supplements this explanation by citing verses where RKA means to FLATTEN OUT(eg Isa42-05,P136-07, 2S22-43, Ez06-11,Ex39-03, Nu17-04, Jr10-09--in all these verses RKA means to flatten out/crush) |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||||
Rashi believed in 3 letter conjugation roots and 2 letter meaning roots. That is, Rashi believed that each root is conjugated according to the rules of 3 letter roots. But Rashi supplemented this with the belief that each root can be explained by ascribing meaning to individual letters and seeing the 3 letter roots meaning as emanating from its letters. A simple example is that Nun-Beth(HOLLOW) means CHILD*1 OF (NUN) INSIDE(Beth). Other examples where NUN means CHILD=POSSESSED are presented below. In the list below the English translation is CAPPED while the Hebrew is LOWERCASE | |||||
ROOT | MEANS | NUN MEANS | END ROOT | MEANS | |
Nun-Beth | HOLLOW | CHILD OF | beth | INSIDE | |
Nun-Zayin-Kuf | DAMAGE | CHILD OF | z-k | SPARKS | |
Nun-Mem-Resh | LEOPARD | CHILD OF | m-r | BRAZENNESS | |
Nun-Tzde-Lamd | SAVE | CHILD OF | z-l | SHADE | |
Nun-Kuph-Mem | REVENGE | CHILD OF | k-m | STANDING UP | |
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*1 Throughout the Bible if you want to state that someone was KNOWN for something then you state that the person was the CHILD OF eg Rif Rafs are called CHILDS OF NO NAME |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
In this series we explore the UNIFIED MEANING approach. We show how sometimes a root with diverse meanings can nevertheless have one underlying theme | |||
MEANING | RELATIONSHIP TO HOLD IN | TYPICAL VERSE | |
DROUGHT | Rain is HELD BACK | Chagai01-10 | |
PRISON | People are HELD BACK | Nu11-08 | |
RANCH PEN | Cattle are HELD BACK | P78-70 | |
GRAFT | Reproduction HELD BACK | Dt22-09*1 | |
--------- | Further Donations HELD BACK | Ex36-06 | |
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*1 Grafted objects frequently can not reproduce Thus their OFFSPRING are so to speak HELD BACK |