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====== This module reviews the NAMES OF JACOBS CHILDREN. 11 children are named and the Bible uses ALMOST identical language in describing their names. But there are 4 minor differences which indicate subtle nuances about these children. TODAYS UNIT =========== Today we finish the explanations of the 4 differences. REFERENCE: ========= This module came from the following postings http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h12n6.htm http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn29-34c.htm |
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EXAMPLE 2: Gn29-34b Jacob personally named Levi;Leah named others EXAMPLE 3: Gn29-34c THEREFORE HIS NAME IS used by populous tribes BACKGROUND ---------- Gn30 describes the naming of the 12 tribes. THE TEXT ---------- The text is presented below. The naming of almost all 11 children is described by the Bible in identical language. However there are 4 minor differences. e.g. ----------------------------------------------------------------- SHE conceived ----- & gave birth (Typical phrase)--eg Gn29-31 SHE conceived AGAIN & gave birth--Gn29-32 ----------------------------------------------------------------- THE RASHI --------- Rashi explains each of these 4 minor differences. For example the phrase CONCEIVED AGAIN is mentioned when a woman has a 2nd child but is not mentioned by the first child. Hence as might be expected there are 4 exceptions---by the first child of each matriarch. THE LISTS --------- We present below the 4 differences. We explained one difference yesterday and explain the remaining 3 today. | ||
| TYPICAL PHRASE | EXCEPTIONAL PHRASE | EXCEPTION OCCURS |
| She CONCEIVED & gave birth | She gave birth | Gad, Asher |
| She conceived AGAIN | She conceived | Rvn,Dn,Joe,Yschr |
| SHE named him so & so | HE named him so & so | Levi*3 |
| THEREFORE she named him | she named him*4 | Judah,Dan,Levi |
| COMMENTS | ||
*3 Recall that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. Hence Leah
tried to stabalize her marriage by bringing in more children.
Since, by prophecy, everyone knew that Jacob would have 12
children (This is proven in the main posting) therefore when
Leah had her 3rd child she had contributed 3/12 or 25% of
the children and hence was equal in wifehood to Rachel.
While the other names of the children reflect Leahs
bitterness (God has SEEN my SUFFERING (REUBAYN), God
has HEARD my SUFFERING (SHIMON)) by contrast Leah named
Levi because she now expected LOVE (LEVI=LOVE).
Jacob accepted this and HE named the child LEVI=LOVE to
show his acceptance of Leahs desires. (By contrast the
other children were named by Leah) Other sources cited
by Rashi point out that BRINGING LOVE was a theme in LEVIS
life (He brought love to Jacob and Leah; later he helped
marriages in the Temple; he also brought together God &
Israel in the Temple)
*4 In the main posting we review the census figures from
Nu01 and Nu25 on the 12 tribes. As can be seen Judah & Dan
are the only tribes who had the most people in both censuses
and the keyword THEREFORE is mentioned by their naming in Gn
(THEREFORE SHE NAMED HIM SUCH AND SUCH). Rashi concludes that
THEREFORE creates an emphasis by those tribes that
are populous.
However THEREFORE is also mentioned by LEVI who had
the smallest population! Maharzu on Midrash Rabbah 71:5
points out that the LEVI had a big population in the
times of the Temple of Solomon. I add that LEVI is
one of the 3 remaining tribes today in Exile and hence
is numerous now.
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