RASHI COVERED: Nu08-04c THIGH means BOTTOM or SIDE


VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The Bible at Nu08-04c refers to the THIGH of the Candellabrah.
Rashi simply tells us that the word THIGH can refer to the
BOTTOM, SIDE or SUPPORT of the Menorah. Similarl Rashis on the
meaning of thigh occur at Ex25-31d, Ex40-22a, Ex40-22b,
Lv01-11a where the Bible describes the THIGH of the
Candellabrah, the THIGH of the Temple and the THIGH of the Altar.
Rashi here uses the principle that WORDS can acquire new meaning
by their FORM or FUNCTION. For example the UNITED NATIONS names
an organization by its PURPOSE while PENTAGON names it by SHAPE

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:    WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: NEW MEANINGS
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BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals was to function like a dictionary
and present the meanings of words. In presenting the meanings
of words, Rashi, very often had to EXTEND a given meaning to
a new meaning. There are rules and patterns governing such
extensions. We present below 8 methods for EXTENDING MEANING
The STANDARD EXAMPLES (from English, not from Rashi) show
some simple examples of EXTENDING MEANING

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Consider the English phrases UNITED NATIONS and PENTAGON.
They are both institutions.
-- The UNITED NATIONS names an institution based on its PURPOSE
-- The PENTAGON names an institution based on its SHAPE/FORM
So we see that SHAPE and FORM are two METHODS for extending
meaning.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.RashiYomi.com/Ex25-31a.htm
(Rashis with extended meaning)

http://www.RashiYomi.com/naming-8.htm
(8 methods for naming objects)


TODAYS EXAMPLE
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We now present a list of Rashis where the word THIGH acquires
a new meaning of SIDE or BOTTOM. The footnotes REVIEW
the 8 methods of naming things