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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
      This example applies to Rashis Gn47-29c
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn47-29z.htm
      Brief Summary: Oaths are frequently accompanied by symbolic expressions of seriousness such as nearness to a holy object, a sacred party, transfer of possessions, creation of borders.

    We ask the following database query: How are oaths taken in the Bible. The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine. This database query yields the list below. The list justifies the following Rashi inference: Oaths are accompanied by symbolic expressions of seriousness such as for example: a) bonding parties, b) symbolic borders, c) transfer of ownership, d) nearness to holy objects. The list below presents the results of the database query and shows examples.

And he made them a , and they did eat and drink. And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Verse Method of Oath Verse Text
Gn26-30:31 Bonding Party
Gn31-52:53 Symbolic fence ######
Gn21-30:31 Symbolic transfer of possessions And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.' Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
Gn24-02:03 Hand on thigh near holy circumcision And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had: 'Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh. And I will make thee swear by the LORD...
Gn47-29:31 Hand on thigh near holy circumcision ###### 


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