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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
    This examples applies to Rashis Nu11-17e
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1416.htm
    Brief Summary: I can't BEAR this nation... Appoint leaders who will BEAR the BEARing of the nation... You will not BEAR alone

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Nu11-17e, Nu11-14. Both verses/verselets discuss bearing the Jewish people. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: The phrase bearing the Jewish people refers to bearing the grudgings and complaints. God's request to Moses to appoint delegate judges should be perceived as a request to appoint judges who would bear the grudgings and complaints of the people.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Nu11-14 I cannot by myself bear this nation for they are more than I can take The phrase bearing the Jewish people refers to bearing the grudgings and complaints. God's request to Moses to appoint delegate judges should be perceived as a request to appoint judges who would bear the grudgings and complaints of the people.
Nu11-16:17e
    Gather for My sake 70 men from the Jewish elders...
  • The will bear with you in the bearing of the nation
  • and you will not bear alone.

Advanced Rashi: We have derived this Rashi comment using the alignment rule. However we could have equally derived it using the formatting rule. The repetition they will bear with you in the bearing of the nation, creates an emphasis on the type of bearing - a bearing of grudges and complaints.

We could also derive this Rashi using the meaning method. Verse Nu11-17 uses the phrases They bear....you bear... without explaining what bear means. Verse Nu11-14 clarifies this meaning: I can't bear this nation because it is too much for me. Hence we infer that bearing a nation means putting up with their grudges and complaints.


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