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VERSE: Dt11-25b
RASHIS COVERED: Dt11-25b Dt11-14c Dt11-14d Dt11-14c Dt11-25d
Dt11-25b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals was the explanation of meaning
the same way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a
variety of vehicles to explain meaning including the
delineation between constrastive nuances of synonyms.

Dt11-25b Dt11-25c Dt11-25d
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- P-Ch-D = (immediate) FEAR
- AyMaH = (long term) ANXIETY

Dt11-14c Dt11-14d
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- 1st Rain - IMPREGNATES ground with seed
- Final rain - SOFTENS the land yield

In this last example Rashi uses a two letter root theory. Rashi
believed that 3 letter roots were used for conjugation while
2 letter roots were used for meaning. Here Rashi explains
that words with LAMED can mean TO or GOAL or FUNCTION. Thus
LKS would mean RAIN that should go TO the HARD grain (for
purposes of softening it). Other examples are presented below
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS SYNONYMS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST955z
List of Synonym pairs-differ minutely
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2-4 Letter roots
SEE BELOW LIST910i
List of roots with LAMED=TO/GOAL
LIST955z
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List of                Synonym pairs-differ minutely
LIST955z continues LIST955a
VERSE WORD BASIC IDEA NUANCES
Dt11-25c P-Ch-D FEAR IMMEDIATE Fear-Good pimples*1
Dt11-25d MoRaH FEAR ANXIETY-LONG TERM Fear-vision
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt11-14c YoREH RAIN*2 F IRST rain-IMPREGNATES ground
Dt11-14d MLKSH RAIN*2 FINAL rain-SOFTENS Ground
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
COMMENTS
 
*1 Also Rashi Dt11-25b. It seems reasonable that
- P-Ch-D comes from Poh-Chad - SHARP and would refer to
e.g. getting GOOSE PIMPLES (Sharpnesses in skin) from
fear

- MoRaH comes from Y-R-A = vision = LONG TERM
apprehension over the future.*10


*2 - YOREH seems to comes from HRH to make pregnant. It
would look at the rain as ENABLING the seeds to grow

- MALKOSH seesm to come from LKSH - TO THE HARD(KSH)
GRAIN and would refer to a final softening rain
before the produce. See LIST910i *11
LONGER FOOTNOTES
 

*10 The reader need NOT believe the above etymologies
For frequently Rashi explains synonyms without
reference to etymologies and even without reference
to verses. However some of the above etymologies seem
reasonable and may enrich our appreciation of the
synonyms.


*11 Rashi gives another etymology from the Aramaic.
However in this list we advocate the 2nd explanation
of Rashi over the 1st. Furthermore in this
particular case the 2nd explanation comes internally
from Hebrew while the 1st Rashi explanation INFERS
usage from Aramaic but does not EXPLAIN it.
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