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VERSE: Lv06-14a ------------------------------------- TODAYS RULE: WORD MEANINGS TODAYS SUBRULE: 3 LETTER ROOTS ------------------------------------- BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE RULE AND SUBRULE ----------------------------------------- One of Rashis main tasks is to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words. Rashi did believe in the 3 letter root theory: That is, every verb is conjugated from a basic 3 letter root. These conjugation rules may be found in standard Hebrew books. However in addition to the 3 letter root theory Rashi also believed in the 2 letter semantic theory. According to this theory the MEANING of the 3 letter roots is derived from the MEANING of the individual letters and the 2 letter roots. Thus Rashi believed in a 3 letter CONJUGATION theory and a 2 letter MEANING theory. STANDARD EXAMPLE ---------------- The Rashi on Job38-28 is my favorite example. GLL means ROUND. According to Rashi the ALEPH letter when used as a prefix means THING. Hence AGL(Aleph Gimel Lamed) is a DROPLET: A THING (ALEPH) that is ROUND(Gimel Lamed) Rav Hirsch extended Rashis idea to all roots with Aleph. I in turn extended Rav Hirschs idea to all roots and all letters Todays example is presented in the list below The first row is the Rashi on Lv06-14a | ||||
| ROOT | MEANING | LIKE | KAPH | MEANING OF LAST 2 LETTERS |
| RBX | Boiling | Like | (Kaph) | a Rainstorm(RVV)*1 |
| KKV | Star | Like | (Kaph) | something extinguished(KVH)*2 |
| KDR | Ball | Like | (Kaph) | a Bonfire (DR)*3 |
| KCS | Deny | Like | (Kaph) | Someone silent (CSH) |
| KSF | Magic | Like | (Kaph) | something Fast(SHOOF)*4 |
| KSR | Proper | Like | (Kaph) | something straight(SHOOR) |
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*1 A boiling pot of water looks like the form of a torrential downpour *2 Stars in heaven looked like dying extinguished embers from a fire *3 The pile of wood in the bonfire has a ball like shape *4 Compare the English SLEIGHT OF HAND | ||||