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VERSE: Ex38-07a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-07a Ex36-06a Ex39-01b
Ex38-07a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03


VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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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
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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
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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
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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
LIST810b
(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
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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
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Lv13-03b CLOUD wound WHITE wound
Ex25-04a SKY thread Thread dyed SKY BLUE
Ex25-04b WORM Thread Thread DYED RED
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Lv13-55d PIT wound DEEP wound(Pechethet)
Lv13-18a LOW wound ABCESS
Ex39-01b SKY FLATTENED out*1
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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
COMMENTS
*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)
LIST910a
(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
COMMENTS
*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
LIST920a
(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
COMMENTS
*1 Grafted objects frequently can not reproduce
Thus their OFFSPRING are so to speak HELD BACK
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