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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 Gn18-09b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1313.htm
      Brief Summary: The angels said "Where is Sarah your wife" and Abraham said: "UNEXPECTEDLY she is inside" RASHI: She is modest.

Rashi lived before the era of Grammatical textbooks. Hence one of his functions was to teach the rules of grammar similar to modern textbooks. One aspect of grammar deals with the proper use of connectives. A classical approach to connectives is to list the multiple meanings they can take. Todays example illustrates this.

The Hebrew connective Hey-Nun-Hey, Hinnay has one basic meaning. These basic meaning is unexpectedly. Several examples are presented in the table below.

Meaning of Hey-Nun-Hey, unexpectedly A Supportive Verse Sample Biblical Text Rashi clarification
unexpectedly Ex23-20 Unexpectedly I,God, will send an angel to lead you The Jews thought God would lead them but since they will sin only an Angel will lead them
unexpectedly Ex07-15 Go to Pharoh, unexpectedly he is going out to the river You might think that King would stay in the palace all day. But he brags that he is a god and doesn't have bathroom needs He fulfills his needs early by the river so as to fool people
unexpectedly Ex04-14b Moses, go back to Egypt; unexpectedly Aaron your brother is going out to happily greet you You might think that since he is older and established in Egypt he wanted the leadership position; but you will see that he is genuinely happy for you.
unexpectedly Gn18-09b The angels asked 'Where is Sarah you wife' and Abraham said: 'Unexpectedly she is inside' She is a modest person and stays insides when guests come. 


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