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VERSE: Nu13-22a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main tasks is to explain Grammar. Rashi had a variety of vehicles to explain grammar. For example Rashi could note the different nuances of different grammatical modes. Rashi could also explain how contrasting use of singular-plural implies nuances. EXAMPLE- PLURAL SINGULAR ------------------------- The skillful use of singular-plural in Nu13-21:25 tells a punchy story - Nu13-21 THEY (the spies) went up to Israel - Nu13-21 THEY spied the land - Nu13-22 THEY went up over various parts of Israel - Nu13-22 HE went to Chevron - Nu13-23 THEY came to various places - Nu13-23 THEY Cut fruit of the land - Nu13-23 THEY carried it away - Nu13-25 THEY returned to Moses Rashi: Only Caleb went to Chevron--apparently to pray there that he should not be enticed by the other spies to slander Israel Note the force of the list--Rashi cannot be perceived as homily---it is the simple meaning of the text. | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | GRAMMARr | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | PLURAL SINGULAR | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #9 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST003c | |
| List of Plural-Singular | In Spy story(Caleb alone prayed) | |
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List of Plural-Singular In Spy story(Caleb alone prayed) | |||
| VERSE | PLURAL SINGULAR | TEXT OF VERSE | |
| Nu13-21 | THEY (the spies) | went up to Israel | |
| Nu13-21 | THEY | spied the land | |
| Nu13-22 | THEY | went up over various terrain | |
| Nu13-22a | HE (Caleb)*1 | went to Chevron | |
| Nu13-23 | THEY | came to various places | |
| Nu13-23 | THEY | Cut fruit of the land | |
| Nu13-23 | THEY | carried it away | |
| Nu13-25 | THEY | returned to Moses | |
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*1 Two observations: CALEB is not mentioned in the verse - But whoever it was, that person came to Chevron - We know from Ju01-20 that Caleb inherited Chevron - We know from Dt01-36 that God promised him the land he stepped on So it is reasonable that the HE refers to Caleb At any rate the SINGULAR (vs the plural in all the other verses) clearly shows that only ONE person came to Chevron We are not told WHY Caleb came to Chevron. But Rashis observation --------------------------------------------- He came to pray that he should not be enticed by the slander of the other spies --------------------------------------------- seems reasonable. After all - Caleb did disagree with all the spies - People frequently pray on graves for strength to stand up to pressure Notice, how in our explanation of Rashi, we have separated - the FORCING GRAMMATICAL RULE - HE vs THEY - the REASONABLE SUPPOSITIONS-Caleb came to pray This is fundamental in understanding Rashi. | |||