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    9. RASHI METHOD: SPREADSHEETS
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the Spreadsheet method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
    • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
    • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
    • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
    This example applies to Rashis Dt04-47a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1302.htm
    Brief Summary: They took the lands of Sichon and Og whose WESTERN border was JORDAN river on the east [of Israel].

Todays Rashi presents a map, a geographical description, of Israeli geography and the surrounding Biblical countries. The map is presented below and appropriate footnotes outline Rashi's comment. Because Rashi clarifies diagrammatic material we classify this Rashi as non-Verse.

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MAP OF SOUTHERN BORDER OF ISRAEL AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES
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'                |                 |
'                |  NORTH          |-----
'                |  ISRAEL         |    |
'                |                 |    | Sichon, Og
'                |W              E |    --------------
'  Pelishtim     |E              A |    |           |
'                |S              S | J  |           |
'                |T              T | O  |           |
'                |                 | R  |           |
'                |                 | D  | MOAB      |
'                |   ISRAEL        | A  |           |
'                |   SOUTH         | N  |           |
'                |                 |    |           |
----------------------|-----------------|           |
'                     |                 |           |
'  Egypt              |  Edom = Seir    |-------------
'                     |                 |
'                     |                 |
'                     |                 |
'                     |                 |
'                     |                 |

    Rashi comments on the above map.
  • The western border of the lands of Sichon and Og is the Jordan river.
  • Thus the Jordan river is an eastern border for Israel and a western border for Sichon and Og.
  • Hence we translate Dt04-47a as follows (with parenthetical Rashi comments inserted) and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were [had their western border] on the Jordan border in the east [of Israel]

Advanced Rashi: Here is another way of thinking about this. Rashi basically clarifies that in the case of two adjacent countries the western border of the eastmost country is the eastern border of the westmost countries.


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