#######################################################
#       12 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE         #
#                    Apr 03, 2008                     #
#                    YEAR 9 of 12                     #
#                                                     #
#           VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES             #
#           -----------------------------             #
#         HOME   http://www.RashiYomi.Com             #
# WEEKLY RASHI   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/rule.htm    #
#  DAILY RASHI   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm#
#                                                     #
#  Reprinted with permission from WEEKLY RASHI,       #
#  (c) 1999-2008, RashiYomi Inc., Dr Hendel President #
#   Permission to reprint with this header PROVIDED   #
#          it is not printed for profit               #
#                                                     #
#######################################################


#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc. 2008, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#
      10. RASHI METHOD: SYMBOLISM
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: Rashi provides symbolic interpretations of words, verses, and chapters. Rashi can symbolically interpret either
      • (10a) entire Biblical chapters such as the gifts of the princes, Nu-07
      • (10b) individual items, verses and words
      The rules governing symbolism and symbolic interpretation are presented in detail on my website.
      This examples applies to Rashis Gn49-22a Gn49-22b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn49-22a.htm
      Brief Summary: Joseph is FRUITFUL can dually mean: a) Joseph is physically FRUITFUL b) Joseph gives FRUITFUL dream interpretations.

Verse Gn49-22 is one of those delightful verses where each word has two meanings and these disparate double meanings wonderously combine to form two distinct interpretations of the same set of words. The verse states: Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall;

    Rashi notes that
  • The Hebrew word Pay-Resh-Hey,fruitful, can, in both Hebrew and English, mean
    • bearing alot of fruit / offspring
    • a fruitful idea
  • The Hebrew word Beth-Nun can equally mean
    • a son
    • a vine, the son of a branch of a tree
  • The English word well with its shimmering water can equally mean
    • the shimmering reality of the dream world.
    • the shimmering emotions of love-making. Note especially how
      • The circular well is a female symbol
      • The upright bough is a male symbol
      • The shimmering water resembles the emotions of love-making

    Hence the exquisitely balanced two interpretations of Gn49-22.
  • Joseph is a son with fruitful interpretations of shimmering dreams
  • Joseph reproduces; he is as fruitful as a plant bough; his fruitfullness is based on on excellence in the shimmering emotions of love. 


#*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc., 2008, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#*#