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    3. RASHI METHOD: GRAMMAR
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Rashi explains verses using grammar principles, that is, rules which relate reproducable word form to word meaning. Grammatical rules neatly fall into 3 categories
    • (a) the rules governing conjugation of individual words,Biblical roots,
    • (b) the rules governing collections of words,clauses, sentences
    • (c) miscellaneous grammatical, or form-meaning, rules.
    This examples applies to Rashis Lv01-06b Lv02-06a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/dt01-24b.htm
    Brief Summary: Aleph Tauv Vav (Otho) means "only it"; a terminal suffix Vav (Oh) means "it".

    A beautiful rule of grammar discovered by the great Malbim is that there are two words for it in Hebrew
    • Aleph Tauv Vav (Otho) means only it and connotes limitation
    • A terminal suffix vav means it
    The examples below illustrate usage and connotation of Aleph Tauv Vav

  • Verse Lv01-06b states And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut only it into its pieces. Rashi: The priest only cuts the offering but does not cut the cuts since the verse explicitly says cut only it
  • Verse Lv02-06a states Thou shalt break only it in pieces, and pour oil thereon; it is a meal-offering. Rashi: The priest only breakes the matzoh offering but does not further break the broken pieces again since the verse explicitly says break only it
  • Verse Lv20-05b discussing the punishment of a person who worshipped idols states then I will set My face against that man, and against his family, and will cut only him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray after Molech, from among their people. Rashi: Although God places His Face against the person and his family nevertheless God only cuts him off, but not his family, since the verse explicitly says I will only cut him off. 


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