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VERSE: Dt26-02c
RASHIS COVERED: Dt26-02c Lv02-11a Ex34-26a Ex16-31b Ex13-05c
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words the same way the dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety of vehicles to explain meaning. One general method of presenting meaning is SYNECDOCHE in which the part can refer to the whole (or the whole to the part). We can equivalantly think of SYNECDOCHE as the method of naming things by GOOD EXAMPLES EXAMPLES OF SYNECDOCHE ---------------------- - HONEY means anything SWEET - BREAD means any FOOD - LAMB means any DOCILE YOUNG creature (LAMB,GOAT) - LAND FLOWING WITH MILK OF HONEY means - PRODUCE OF LAND FLOWS WITH MILK AND HONEY - (GOATS of land produce milk; etc) Note how in each of the above examples the PART or EXAMPLE (honey, bread, lamb,Israeli goats) comes to refer to the WHOLE (honey-SWEET, bread-FOOD, lamb-DOCILE, Israeli-goats--LAND OF ISRAEL). This is called SYNECDOCHE. | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANINGS | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | 8 METHODS OF NAMING | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST817a | |
| List of words | Named by GOOD EXAMPLE | |
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||||
Words / Meanings illustrating the GOOD EXAMPLE technique. Thus BREAD refers to BREAD. But because BREAD is a GOOD EXAMPLE of a food, therefore BREAD can refer to ANY FOOD. (The technical term for this is SYNECDOCHE which means the PART (BREAD) names the WHOLE (all foods)) | ||||
| # | WORD | STRICT | BROAD MEANING | |
| (101) | Day | 12 hour | 24 hour period | |
| (102) | Bread | Bread | Any Food | |
| (103) | Man (ISH) | Male | Any person | |
| (104) | E-L-H-I-M | God | Any Judge | |
| (105) | IN | IN | AMONG | |
| Ex12-05c | Land | The Land | Inhabitants of land*1 | |
| Ex13-05c | Lamb | Lamb | Lamb or Goats*2 | |
| Dt18-10d | SNAKE | SNAKE | Jumping to conclusions*3 | |
| Dt26-02c | Honey | Honey | Any Fruit Juice*4 | |
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*1 So the famous phrase ------------------------------------------ A LAND flowing with milk and sweet juices ------------------------------------------ really means ------------------------------------------ A LAND WHOSE INHABITANTS (Goats for milk and Fruit trees for sweet juices) flows with milk and honey ------------------------------------------ *2 Rashi brings support for his contention that LAMB can SYNECDOCHICALLY mean any docile young creature (the same way BREAD means FOOD etc) See Dt14-04 -- A GOAT-LAMB *3 See LIST817b*10 for examples. For the while we point out that because of the snakes characteristic motion (JUMPING out at a prey),the phrase TO SNAKE came to mean TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS (Just as in the English Metaphor). Hence the Rabbis interpret the prohibition of SNAKING as a prohibition of JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS (eg a Snake crossed my path hence I will have bad luck) *4 For other Rashis dealing with the HONEY-SWEET equation see Lv02-11a Ex34-26a Ex16-31b Ex13-05c Note how Rashi differs in his explanations. Rashi states both - HONEY refers to ANY SWEET FRUIT - HONEY refers to FRUIT JUICE OF the TAMAR fruit | ||||
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*10 LIST817b may be found at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h19n5.htm | ||||