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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 examples applies to Rashis Dt28-07a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n10.htm
    Brief Summary: They shall go out [to attack you] on one road and flee on 7 roads [frightened fleers take many roads]

Verse Dt28-07a speaking about Israel's superiority over its enemies states The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. Rashi explains A strong enemy goes out in unison on one path while a frightened enemy flees in multiple ways. Here Rashi brings real world associations to the underlined words one and seven One path is typically associated with a strong unified enemy while many paths are typically assocaited with a frightened enemy since frightened people typically disperse randomly. Because of these associations Rashi is justified in reinterpreting the verse as follows The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you in a strong unified way, and flee before you frightened and disorganized.

In other words Rashi here translates certain phrases one,seven that don't seem related to the verse theme. Rashi translates these phrases by bringing in real-world associations with them which make the verse relevant and meaningful. Because Rashi explains the verses with these real-world associations we say that Rashi is applying the non-verse method.

Advanced Rashi: The association with real world events is also characteristic of the meaning-metonomy method. However Rashi here is applying metonomy - naming by association - not to individual words but rather to word phrases. Rashi explains that the phrases one paths and seven paths refer to a unified attack and a frightened fleeing. Consequently, because Rashi is dealing with phrases vs. words I classified this Rashi as NonVerse rather then meaning.


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