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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words. One vehicle of word meaning presented by Rashi is the two letter root theory. As everyone know the Hebrew language is based on 3 letter roots which are CONJUGATED in various ways. For example the root S-M-R can mean, I WATCHED (ShMaRTi), YOU WILL WATCH (TiShMoR) etc based on conjugation. In addition to the 3 letter theory Rashi believed in the 2 Letter root theory--that is 3 letter roots govern GRAMMATICAL conjugation while 2 letter roots govern MEANING. Every 3 letter root has a meaning that is determined by the meanings of the 1 and 2 letter roots comprising the root. For example: The letter NUN denotes INTENSITY, ALOT, or INTRINSICness. The list below illustrates this. EXAMPLE ------- - Tauv-Caph means INSIDE. Tauv-NUN-Caph therefore means ALOT INSIDE--in fact Tauv-NUN-Caph denotes the soft inside of the ear. EXAMPLE ------- - BO denotes INSIDE. Beth-Hey-NUN means INTRINSIC to INSIDENESS. In fact, the Bo-Hen denotes the THUMB the organ that enables one to hold an object (The thumb opposes the other fingers and enables held objects to be inside the fist) | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANING | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: | 2 Letter semantic roots | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST910a | |
| ROOTS illustrating | NUN=alot,consequence,intense | |
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ROOTS illustrating NUN=alot,consequence,intense | |||||
| ROOT | MEANS | NUN MEANS | END | MEANS | |
| Nun-Beth | HOLLOW | CHILD OF*8 | b | 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 | |
| Tauv-NUN-Caph | Earlobe | CHILD OF | T-Ch | INSIDE | |
| Beth-Hey-NUN | Thumb | CHILD OF | B | INSIDE*9 | |
| ----------- | ------ | ----------- | --- | -------- | |
| A-M-N | Nurse | Consequence of | A-M | Motherhood | |
| Ch-L-N | Window | Consequence of | ChL | empty space | |
| Ch M N | Sun-god | Consequence of | Chmh | sun | |
| A D N | Happy | Consequence of | A-D | having extra | |
| ----------- | ------ | ----------- | --- | -------- | |
| Sh N H | Sleep*5 | Lots of | Sh.. | Sh... sound*1 | |
| D M N | Destroy | Lots of | D-M | silence | |
| S Ch N | Abcess | Lots of(Very) | SCh | Low | |
| S T N | Satan | Lots of | S-T | deviation | |
| G-R-N | Granary | Lots of | G-R | harvest itms*2 | |
| D-Sh-N | Plump | Lots of | D-S | growth*3 | |
| A-N-F | Enraged | Lots of | A-F | Anger | |
| ----------- | ------ | ----------- | --- | -------- | |
| YRyVN | Fight | Intensely | R-V | disputing*4*10 | |
| B---N | between | Intensely | B-O | in | |
| B-Ch-N | Test | Intensely | B-O | (look) into*5 | |
| Ch ShN | Chshn*4 | Intensely | ChSh | feeling out*6 | |
| S R N | Governor | Intense | S-R | Prince*7 | |
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*1 This is onomatopoeia (word meaning by sound) Another (famous) Hebrew example is BAK-BOOK for BOTTLE (Water coming out of a bottle sounds like BAK-BOOK BAK BOOK) *2 A-G-R is said to mean GATHERING but more specifically refers to HARVESTING (eg. Dt28-39 -- you will not drink or harvest wine) *3 D-Sh-A refers to HERBIAGE -- minor field growth. A PLUMP/FAT person could be said that -------------------------------------- HIS field (stomach) IS GROWING WILDLY -------------------------------------- Note that D-Sh-N does frequently mean FAT Also note that FIELD can refer to STOMACH (Songs07-03) *4 Cf Ex21-18 If men FIGHT and one hits the other with a stone or a fist.... *5 Just like the English metaphor for TESTING/INVESTIGATION -- LETS LOOK INTO IT -- *6 The ChShN was one of the eight PRIESTLY garments. The ChShN held the URIM vTUMIM -- these were lettered ornaments with prophetic capacity. When the High Priest asked a question of God he would get the answer by having a vision of the ChShN with the letters answering his question lit up on the URIM. Hence the ChShN containing the URIM vTUMIM enabled the High Priest to FEEL OUT (ChSh) a case -- compare the similar English FEELING OUT A CASE *7 The word SRN refers both to the GOVERNOR as well as to the STATE over which he governs (Cf Joshua 13:3) SR by itself refers to any leader. Hence GOVERNOR (Srn) is an INTENSE (N) Leader (SR) or the PINACLE of LEADERSHIP *8 Throughout the Bible if you want to state that someone was KNOWN for something then you state that the person was the CHILD OF it. eg RIF RAFS are called CHILDS OF NO-NAME *9 Functionally, the THUMB opposes other fingers and enables humans to grasp objects. Hence the THUMB enables things to be held INSIDE ones hand | |||||
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*10 Some scholars interpret a terminal NUN as indicating LESS -- but it should be clear from this example -- YRVN vs RV -- that a terminal NUN indicates INTENSITY (DISPUTE - FIGHT) | |||||