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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 Gn44-08a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1313.htm
      Brief Summary: BEHOLD the money we found in our sacks we returned to you SO HOW could we be suspected of stealing. RASHI: BEHOLD - SO HOW is one of the 10 forms for FORTIORI arguments.

The Format rule governs all forms that convey meaning. An important part of the format rule are the forms governing unspecificed emphasis. Unspecified emphasis, is indicated in English, by bold, italics and underline; it is indicated in Hebrew by word repetition.

    Today we deal with forms indicating fortiori arguments. Some examples are:
  • Gn44-08 which states Behold the money we found in our sacks we returned... so how could we [be suspected] of stealing....
  • Ex06-12 which states ...Behold I am a stutterer...so how can I be a spokesman to the Jews
  • Nu12-14 which states ...If her father had spit in her face would she not be embarassed 7 days [therefore] let her be shut up 7 days outside the camp and then let her come back.
  • 2C32-11: 12 Was it not Chizkiyahu who removed all the private altars [therefore] he smooth-talks you [when he says] God will say you from the Assyrian army.

Advanced Rashi: In the preceding list we have given two forms indicating the fortiori argument. The forms are indicated by the underlined words: Behold...so how and was it not. Rashi cites the Midrash Rabbah which states This, Gn44-08, is one of the 10 fortioris mentioned in the Bible. But it is easy to find alot more than 10 fortioris in the Bible. I would therefore interpret this Midrash Rabbah to mean This, Gn44-08, with the behold-so how form, is one of the 10 fortiori forms mentioned in the Bible. In other words the Midrash Rabbah is not claiming there are 10 fortioris in the Bible but rather they are claiming there are 10 forms indicating fortiori in the Bible. We will not list these 10 forms now but as we go through the Biblical cycle we will have a chance to add more. We have indicated two forms in the above list.

In the above list we have reverseed the verse sequence in the citation from 2C32-11:12. The reversal simply makes the exposition smoother.


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