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    2. RASHI METHOD: WORD MEANING
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: The meaning of words can be explained either by
    • (2a) translating an idiom, a group of words whose collective meaning transcends the meaning of its individual component words,
    • (2b) explaining the nuances and commonality of synonyms-homographs,
    • (2c) describing the usages of connective words like also,because,if-then, when,
    • (2d) indicating how grammatical conjugation can change word meaning
    • (2e) changing word meaning using the figures of speech common to all languages such as irony and oxymorons.
    This examples applies to Rashis Ex18-21e-h
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/dt01-15d.htm

    Rashi employs the methods of homographs - single words with multiple but related meanings. The Hebrew word studied is Sin-Resh This word has three distinct meanings
    • Expert: Verse Gn40-16 illustrates this usage When the expert baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head;
    • Leader: Verse Nu22-13 illustrates this usage. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the leaders of Balak: 'Get you into your land; for HaShem refuseth to give me leave to go with you.'
    • Manager: Verse Ex18-21 illustrates this usage. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear G-d, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be managers of thousands, managers of hundreds, managers of fifties, and managers of tens.
    Using the homograph rule Rashi explains that the fundamental unifying meaning of Sin Resh is leader, manager. This leadership can be expressed in three ways
    • A leader in a field such as baking, wine making
    • A leader in a geographic region
    • A leader over a certain number of staff.
    There is a subtlety in this Rashi that is often overlooked. The whole point of the homograph method is that the form of the words is identical. In other words the phrase Sin Resh, manager of X can equally refer to a situation where
    • X is a geographic place
    • X is field of endeavor
    • X is a number 


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