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VERSE: Lv17-14b

RASHIS COVERED: Lv17-14b Gn29-27a Gn49-06d
Dt29-20a Lv24-09b Nu05-15b



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      Lv17-14b
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way modern Hebrew grammar books explain
grammar.

One important concept in grammar is gender.
Recall that every noun has a gender. One
of Rashis jobs is to indicate Noun-Gender

EXAMPLE Lv17-14b
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For the SOUL of all FLESH---SHE is in the BLOOD

RASHI:  SOUL=is FEMININE
FLESH,BLOOD=MASCULINE
Hence the sentence translates
-For the SOUL (of all fleshes) IS in their blood

In other words Rashi identifies the reference of the
pronoun to the word SOUL

EXAMPLE Dt28-61 Dt29-20a
------------------------
Dt28-61   In the book of THIS TORAH
RASHI: Both THIS and TORAH are feminine
Dt29-20a  In THIS BOOK of the Torah
RASHI: Both THIS and BOOK are masculine

Other examples are presnted in the list below

  
    ITEM 
    DETAIL 
  
    RASHI RULE CLASS: 
    GRAMMARr 
  
    RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: 
    8 METHODS OF NAMING 
  
    RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE 
    #9 
  
    SEE BELOW 
    LIST041a 
  
    Words from Verses with 
    Masculine/Feminine Gender 


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      LIST041a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
  
    

Nouns in Hebrew have GENDER
Rashi indicates GENDER of words
in the list below In each case
a pronoun is MASCULINE or FEMININE
and Rashi indicates the noun it
refers to

Since GENDER is a well understood concept we suffice with this
list and do not eg give other verses where this gender is
illustrated.

As the footnotes show, even though GENDER is well understood,
Rashi had a need to comment because there were several nouns
in the verse and therefore clarification is needed on which
noun the pronoun IT refers to. This is done by GENDER considerations

  
    WORD 
    MASCULINE 
    VERSE 
    TEXT OF VERSE (PRONOUN is translated)=20

  
    SOUL 
    FEMININE 
    Lv17-14b 
    The SOUL of animals,IT(SHE) is in blood 
  
    --------- 
    -------- - 
    ------- - 
    --------------------------------------- 
  
    LEPROSY*1 
    FEMININE 
    Lv13-08 
    IT(She) is LEPROSY 
  
    FLESH*1 
    MASCULINE 
    Lv13-15 
    The LIVING FLESH--IT(he)is impure 
  
    WOUND*1 
    MASCULINE 
    Lv13-03 
    IT(He) is a LEPROUS wound 
  
    --------- 
    --------- 
    -------- 
    ---------------------------------------- 
  
    TORAH*2 
    FEMININE 
    Dt28-61 
    In the book of THIS TORAH 
  
    BOOK *2 
    MASCULINE 
    Dt29-20a 
    In this TORAH BOOK 
  
    --------- 
    --------- 
    -------- 
    ------------------------------------ 
  

    WEEK*3 
    MASCULINE 
    Gn29-27a 
    Fulfill the week of this GIRL 
  
    HONOR*4 
    MASCULINE 
    Gn49-06d 
    My HONOR--you dont meet them 
  
    BREAD 
    MASCULINE 
    Lv24-09b 
    Eat IT (him) (The Bread) 
  
    FLOUR*5 
    MASCULINE 
    Nu05-15b 
    The FLOUR is a vengenance minchah 
  
    --------- 
    --------- 
    -------- 
    ------------------------------------ 
  

    
    
    
    
  
    
      COMMENTS
  

    *1 Throughout Lv13 the Bible speaks about
- Leprosy(Feminine)
- Flesh (Masculine)
- Wounds (Masculine)
Hence where the Bible says IT (HE-SHE) Rashi must
clarify if they eg are referring to the WOUND or LEPROSY

*2 IN THIS TORAH BOOK vs IN THE BOOK OF THIS TORAH
In one case THIS refers to BOOK(masculine) while
in the other case it refers to TORAH(Feminine)

*3 Cute---The verse seems as if it says
FULFILL (WORK) THIS WEEK

But THIS is FEMININE and WEEK is MASCULINE!

So Rashi explains that the verse means
FULFILL THE WEEK OF THIS GIRL
That is Laban said to Jacob that he had to work
another week of years (7 years) to marry Leah


*4 Rashi makes 2 points here:
- Jacob interrupts his address to Simon-Levi
- Jacob addresses his HONOR(soul):HONOR DONT GET NEAR THEM
Such an abrupt change has important emotional overtones

According to Rashi the verses would read
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Simon and Levi are brothers where criminal tools
MY HONOR---dont get near the meetings
MY SOUL----dont get involved in their secrets
For they tried to murder in anger
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Rashi infers this both from the gender and person of
the verbs. For the verse does not say
------------------------------------------
May my SOUL not get near them (3rd person)
------------------------------------------

But rather says
----------------------------------------------
My SOUL: YOU do not get near them (2nd person)
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It was important for Rashi to state this since
the difference in spelling between SECOND PERSON
FUTURE MASCULINE and THIRD PERSON FUTURE FEMININE
is very small.

*5 MINCHAH is FEMININE while FLOUR is MASCULINE

So when it says IT(HE) IS A VENGENANCE MINCHAH, the
word IT refers to the FLOUR not to the MINCHAH

The FLOUR of this Minchah was of poorer quality to
symbolize that the suspected adulteress did something
seemly (behaved with poorer quality)
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Lv17-14b (C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar the same way modern Hebrew grammar books explain grammar. One important concept in grammar is gender. Recall that every noun has a gender. One of Rashis jobs is to indicate Noun-Gender EXAMPLE Lv17-14b ---------------- For the SOUL of all FLESH---SHE is in the BLOOD RASHI: SOUL=is FEMININE FLESH,BLOOD=MASCULINE Hence the sentence translates -For the SOUL (of all fleshes) IS in their blood In other words Rashi identifies the reference of the pronoun to the word SOUL EXAMPLE Dt28-61 Dt29-20a ------------------------ Dt28-61 In the book of THIS TORAH RASHI: Both THIS and TORAH are feminine Dt29-20a In THIS BOOK of the Torah RASHI: Both THIS and BOOK are masculine Other examples are presnted in the list below
ITEM	DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS:	GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:	8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE	#9
SEE BELOW	LIST041a
Words from Verses with	Masculine/Feminine Gender

LIST041a (C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
Nouns in Hebrew have GENDER Rashi indicates GENDER of words in the list below In each case a pronoun is MASCULINE or FEMININE and Rashi indicates the noun it refers to Since GENDER is a well understood concept we suffice with this list and do not eg give other verses where this gender is illustrated. As the footnotes show, even though GENDER is well understood, Rashi had a need to comment because there were several nouns in the verse and therefore clarification is needed on which noun the pronoun IT refers to. This is done by GENDER considerations
WORD	MASCULINE	VERSE	TEXT OF VERSE (PRONOUN is translated)=20
SOUL	FEMININE	Lv17-14b	The SOUL of animals,IT(SHE) is in blood
---------	-------- -	------- -	---------------------------------------
LEPROSY*1	FEMININE	Lv13-08	IT(She) is LEPROSY
FLESH*1	MASCULINE	Lv13-15	The LIVING FLESH--IT(he)is impure
WOUND*1	MASCULINE	Lv13-03	IT(He) is a LEPROUS wound
---------	---------	--------	----------------------------------------
TORAH*2	FEMININE	Dt28-61	In the book of THIS TORAH
BOOK *2	MASCULINE	Dt29-20a	In this TORAH BOOK
---------	---------	--------	------------------------------------
WEEK*3	MASCULINE	Gn29-27a	Fulfill the week of this GIRL
HONOR*4	MASCULINE	Gn49-06d	My HONOR--you dont meet them
BREAD	MASCULINE	Lv24-09b	Eat IT (him) (The Bread)
FLOUR*5	MASCULINE	Nu05-15b	The FLOUR is a vengenance minchah
---------	---------	--------	------------------------------------

COMMENTS
1 Throughout Lv13 the Bible speaks about - Leprosy(Feminine) - Flesh (Masculine) - Wounds (Masculine) Hence where the Bible says IT (HE-SHE) Rashi must clarify if they eg are referring to the WOUND or LEPROSY 2 IN THIS TORAH BOOK vs IN THE BOOK OF THIS TORAH In one case THIS refers to BOOK(masculine) while in the other case it refers to TORAH(Feminine) 3 Cute---The verse seems as if it says FULFILL (WORK) THIS WEEK But THIS is FEMININE and WEEK is MASCULINE! So Rashi explains that the verse means FULFILL THE WEEK OF THIS GIRL That is Laban said to Jacob that he had to work another week of years (7 years) to marry Leah 4 Rashi makes 2 points here: - Jacob interrupts his address to Simon-Levi - Jacob addresses his HONOR(soul):HONOR DONT GET NEAR THEM Such an abrupt change has important emotional overtones According to Rashi the verses would read ------------------------------------------ Simon and Levi are brothers where criminal tools MY HONOR---dont get near the meetings MY SOUL----dont get involved in their secrets For they tried to murder in anger ------------------------------------------ Rashi infers this both from the gender and person of the verbs. For the verse does not say ------------------------------------------ May my SOUL not get near them (3rd person) ------------------------------------------ But rather says ---------------------------------------------- My SOUL: YOU do not get near them (2nd person) ---------------------------------------------- It was important for Rashi to state this since the difference in spelling between SECOND PERSON FUTURE MASCULINE and THIRD PERSON FUTURE FEMININE is very small. *5 MINCHAH is FEMININE while FLOUR is MASCULINE So when it says IT(HE) IS A VENGENANCE MINCHAH, the word IT refers to the FLOUR not to the MINCHAH The FLOUR of this Minchah was of poorer quality to symbolize that the suspected adulteress did something seemly (behaved with poorer quality)