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    2. RASHI METHOD: WORD MEANING
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: The meaning of words can be explained either by
    • (2a) translating an idiom, a group of words whose collective meaning transcends the meaning of its individual component words,
    • (2b) explaining the nuances and commonality of synonyms-homographs,
    • (2c) describing the usages of connective words like also,because,if-then, when,
    • (2d) indicating how grammatical conjugation can change word meaning
    • (2e) changing word meaning using the figures of speech common to all languages such as irony and oxymorons.
    This example applies to Rashis Lv16-04c
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv16-04c.htm
    Brief Summary: TO TURBAN, (Hebrew root TZADE-NUN-PAY) means "LIKE AN OVERLAY" (NUN(like)+TZADE-PAY (overlay))

Most people are aware that both Biblical and Modern Hebrew is built on 3-letter roots. The rules governing the conjugation of 3-letter roots are known as grammatical conjugation rules. Rashi fully believed in the 3 letter root theory.

Rashi also believed that the meaning of 3-letter roots can be derived by using semantic conjugation rules which break the 3-letter root into a 2-letter root and a single letter with meaning.

When the second letter of a Hebrew root is the Hebrew letter Nun then the nun means like.

    Here is a simple example:
  • The Hebrew root Cheth-Nun-Pay means flattery.
  • The Hebrew root Cheth-Pay means cover.
  • Rashi's 2-letter root theory would translate the cheth-nun-pay root into the letter nun and the root cheth-pay. Hence flattery is etymologically seen as like (Nun) a coverup (Cheth-Pay).
  • We can summarize this as follows: Flattery (Cheth-Nun-Pay) means Like (Nun) a Cover-up (Cheth-Pay).

    Some other examples of Nun meaning Like are
  • We (Aleph-Nun-Cheth) means like (Nun) brothers (Aleph-Cheth)
  • Leap (Zayin-Nun-Kuph) means like (Nun) a spark (zayin-kuph).
  • To Turban (Tzade-Nun-Pay) means Like (Nun) a covering (Tzade-Pay). 


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