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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
      This example applies to Rashis Gn28-08b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1316.htm
      Brief Summary: God of X is typically said AFTER X dies However Isaac never had a concubine and was old - this allowed God of X to be used in his lifetime.

    We ask the following database query: On whom is the phrase God of so and so used.? The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine. This database query yields the list below. The list justifies the following Rashi inference: The phrase God of so and so is typically used after the death of so and so. It is not typically used during people's lifetimes since they might (sexually sin) and lose their righteous status. However 1) Isaac had never had a concubine and 2) his eyes had dimmed (he no longer eye-flirted). Hence since the possibility of sin was minimal the phrase God of Isaac is used during his lifetime (Actually, the phrase used is The Fear of Isaac.) The list below presents the results of the database query and provides examples.

Verse Said by To God of Whom Dead/Alive
2C34-03a Biblical author Yoshiyahu God of David Dead
2C21-12 Elijah Yehoram God of David Dead
Ex03-06 God Moses God of Abraham Dead
Is02-03 Isiah Nations God of Jacob Dead
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Gn28-13 God Jacob God of Isaac Alive
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2C32-17 Sacheriv Jews God of Chizkiyahu Alive
Gn09-26 Noah Cham God of Shaym Alive
Gn24-12 Eliezer God God of Abraham Alive

Advanced Rashi: As is our custom with database Rashis we have enriched the Rashi comment with further detail. The above database shows that God and righteous people never use the phrase God of X during X's lifetime. However as the last 3 examples show non-Jews do not adhere to this rule (Probably because they are not worried about sin). This is a novelty not found in Rashi. 


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