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    7. RASHI METHOD: FORMATTING
    BRIEF EXPLANATION:Inferences from Biblical formatting: --bold,italics, and paragraph structure.
    • Use of repetition to indicate formatting effects: bold,italics,...;
    • use of repeated keywords to indicate a bullet effect;
    • rules governing use and interpretation of climactic sequence;
    • rules governing paragraph development and discourse
    This example applies to Rashis Ex05-22a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w35n2.htm
    Brief Summary: Moses complained to God: a) Why did you hurt the Jews (by promising them freedom but they obtained more subjugation) b) why did you send me.

We have explained in our article Biblical Formatting located on the world wide web at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/biblicalformatting.pdf, that the Biblical Author indicated bullets by using repeating keywords.

That is, if a modern author wanted to get a point across using bullets - a list of similar but contrastive items - then the Biblical Author would use repeating keywords. Today's verse illustrates this principle.

    Verse(s) Ex05-22a discussing Moses to complaint to God who sent him to redeem the Jewish people but instead the Jews received more work states And the Lord said to Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh;
    • for with a strong hand shall he let them go,
    • for with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.
    The repeated underlined phrase for with creates a bullet effect. The bullet effect in turn creates an emphasis on the distinctness of all enumerated items. Rashi interprets the distinctness as follows
    • Complaint on behalf of Jewish people: God sent Moses to redeem the Jewish people and now they end up with more work
    • Complaint on behfl of Moses himself: Why did God send Moses if the result was more work? 


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