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VERSE: Gn01-11b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn01-11b Gn02-14a Gn01-20b Gn01-25a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain meaning the same way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety of vehicles to explain meaning EXAMPLE Naming words by VERB-NOUN transformations Gn01-11b ------------------------------------------------- - TO MEADOW = To PRODuCE a meadow Here a NOUN(MEADOW) comes to mean the VERB of PRODUCING that item. EXAMPLE Naming items using 4 letter roots Gn02-14a -------------------------------------------------- The ChiDeKeL, literally, the SHARP-LIGHT refers to a chilly river rapids. Here the 4 letter root --XDQL--is perceived as the sum of 2 two-letter roots (XD=Sharp as in English, Sharp waters) and (QL=light as in LIGHT waters) EXAMPLE Naming items using 2 letter roots Gn01-20a -------------------------------------------------- The $RC = The INSECTS = PARADIGMS($) of RUNNERS(RC) Here the 3 letter root $RC (Insect) is perceived as the sum of the 1 letter root ($=PARADIGM) and the 2 letter root (RC=RUNNER) EXAMPLE UNIFIED MEANING Gn01-25a -------------------------------- The root &$H means TO CREATE and can refer to making anything new - CREATE----Make SOMETHING NEW - DO------- Create an activity - FIX------ Make something NEW - ACQUIRE-- Make NEW acquisition | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANINGS | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | 8 METHODS OF NAMING | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST050d | |
| List of words with | NOUN-VERB (TO MEADOW=make a meadow) | |
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| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | 2-4 LETTER ROOTS | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST910h | |
| List of | 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots | |
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| SEE BELOW | LIST910m | |
| List of roots where | $(SHIN) means PARADIGM OF | |
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| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | UNIFIED MEANING | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST862f | |
| List of verses with | Root Ayin-Sin-Hey = MAKE/CREATE | |
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List of 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots | ||||
| 4 LETTER ROOT | MEANING | 1st 2 LETTERS | LAST 2 LETTERS | |
| ChiDeKeL*9 | Cold Rapids | Sharp | Light | |
| DuChiFath | Enough Handl | Enough(DAI) | KAPH(Handles)*9 | |
| YeHoShuA*8 | God will Sav | God (YAH) | Will Save(SHA) | |
| AVRAYCH*1*4 | Good leader | Father | Gentle/soft | |
| MMZR*1 | Illegitimate | Blemished | (From a)Stranger | |
| ARAL | Angel | Lion (of) | God | |
| BLAD | Except | Without (BLi) | Others | |
| BRZL | Iron | Strong (BRi) | Branch (ZLZL) | |
| ZLAF | Fright | Worthless | (and) Fatigued*3 | |
| SRAF | Branches | A Pot (ie nest) | (for) Birds *2 | |
| PANAYACH | Insightful | Brings out(POA) | The Hidden(NAX)*5 | |
| ChachLiL | Intoxicating | Swirling(LL) | the palate(XC)*6 | |
| SnaPir | Fish fins | Shrub like(SN) | used to fly*7 | |
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*1 There are two approaches to 4 letter roots. Sometimes we try and see them as 2 two letter roots and sometimes we try and see them as a 3 letter root with an extra letter. Thus ASTR is explained in the Talmud as ASR. Rav Hirsch stuck to the 3 letter approach even in obvious cases--thus he takes MMZR from MZR a rare word in Job. Similarly Rashi cites a controversy on AVRAYCH: -- A double 2 letter approach would yield: AVRAYCH=Gentle(Rc) Father(Av) -- A 3 letter approach would yield: AVRAYCH=Kneel (Brch) to me (Aleph) *2 Note the poetic lisence in e.g. SRAF = BIRD(AF) POT (SiR)= Something for Bird nests This type of small poetic lisence is common in etymologies and makes their study difficult *3 Note the finer nuances in some translations. For example ZLAF occurs rarely in TNACH and its meaning is inferred from its context. The RDQ in his book of ROOTS says its meaning is SOME TYPE OF FRIGHT....this could go well with the verse cited by RDK: "fright has overtaken me" But perhaps a BETTER translation is feeling worthless and tired So that the verse with ZLAF would mean WORTHLESSNESS & FATIGUE HAS OVERTAKEN ME Then again perhaps there is no way to see which translation is better *4 Rashi Gn41-43b *5 Rashi Gn41-45 *6 Rashi Gn49-12a *7 The following may help: - PRCh means to FLY; in connection with fish it could refer to swimming throughout the water - SN can mean THORNBUSH or BRANCHES (Songs07-09). I therefore suggest it means SHRUB like. So SN-PR would refer to SHRUB-LIKE(SN) protrusions by which a fish FLYES (PR) - SNPR. *8 Rashi Nu13-16a *9 The reference is to a bird with a DOUBLE CROP. Since DU in ARAMAIC means TWO it appears that Rashi is saying ------------------------------------------------- DuChiFath = Double(DU) Handle(Caph)=Double CRop ------------------------------------------------- However we think it preferable that Rashi used Hebrew roots to explain Hebrew words(Provided simple exaplanations exist) Hence we read Rashi as saying -------------------------------------- DuChiFath = ENOUGH (Dai) Handles(CAPH) -------------------------------------- Thus the word does not DIRECTLY mean DOUBLE CROP. Rather the essential meaning of the word is ENOUGH HANDLES. The method by which this particular bird implements this ENOUGHNESS is thru use of the DOUBLE CROP. *10 Rashi Gn02-14a Chid-Kel are the SHARP-LIGHT cold river rapids. | ||||