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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 examples applies to Rashis Ex27-19a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1403.htm
      Brief Summary: TEMPLE UTENSILS = candellabrah, altar, Table ALL TEMPLE UTENSILS = hammers, etc. used for construction.

    The special word method deals with the few dozen special connective words that exist in all languages. Familiar examples are also, when, that, if, then, all, because, only, this,.... These words are typically
    • adverbs such as all,also
    • connective words, such as either
    • conjunctions such as if, then, because
    • articles or demonstrative or abstract pronouns such as the, this, that or
    • propositional connectives such as in,on,to,from.
    Rashi's job, when he comments on a special connective words, is to enumeratively list the nuances and usages of the word.

The most famous example of the special word method is the Hebrew word Kaph Yud which can mean because, that, when, lest,perhaps, rather, if. Sometimes Rashi explicitly gives all meanings of a connective word as happens with Kaph Yud while at other times Rashi does not give all meanings at once. In such a case the Rashi student must gather all the meanings together from various places.

One can classify the special word method as either a meaning sub-method or grammar sub-method.

    Today we deal with the Hebrew special word Kuph-Lamed which can have any of the following meanings.
  • No exception, for example, Ex32-26b Moses said 'Who is to God [should come] to me; and all Levites [without exception] came;
  • Even borderline cases, for example, Ex12-12b I, God, will smite all firstborn, [even non-Egyption first born who were in Egypt]
  • Whole, for example, Lv02-13b salt the whole of offerings [that is, all organs]
  • All subgroups, Ex27-19a all [categories of] Temple Vessels shall be made of copper. [So Temple vessels refer to e.g. the Candellabrah, the Altars and the Temple Table while All Temple Vessels refer to e.g. hammars and other utensils used in construction of the Temple but not part of the Temple.]

As is our practice we have embedded the Rashi translation in the verse.

Advanced Rashi: For further examples of Rashis on the Hebrew word Caph-Lamed visit http://www.Rashiyomi.com/all-18.htm. Better still visit the RashiYomi calendar at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/calendar1.htm and click on the All series which you can find beginning July 10 2000 and ending July 30 2000.


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