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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 Ex21-32b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ex21-32b.htm

    Notice the verselet alignment in Ex21-28:32 discussing damages paid for murder by one's ox: First the law distinguishes between a first-time ox death and a habitual ox-death:
    • And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted. ....
    • But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and warning hath been given to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.
    Next the law, in the latter case of a habitual-ox death, discusses three cases of paying ransom to save the ox-owner from a deserved death penalty.
    • If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
    • Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
    • If the ox gore a bondman or a bondwoman, he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
    From the contrast of the underlined aligned phrases we infer the Rashi comment
    • Ransom for an adult/minor killed by an ox is assessed or judged by the worth of the person killed (e.g. more Ransom is paid if you kill an adult vs. a minor)
    • Ransom for a slave killed by an ox is fixed at 30 shekels independent of whether the slave was male, female, adult or minor.

Advanced Rashi: Note the punchiness of the Rashi. We call this the 2 Case submethod of the alignment method. The formatting design we have used greatly clarifies it. This formatting design was presented in our recent article Biblical Formatting which may be found on the world wide web at Biblical Formatting.


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