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We have explained in our article
Biblical Formatting located on the world wide web at
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/biblicalformatting.pdf,
that the Biblical Author indicated bullets
by using repeating keywords.
That is, if a modern
author wanted to get a point across using bullets -
a list of similar but contrastive items -
then the Biblical
Author would use repeating keywords.
Today's verse illustrates this principle.
Bullets whether indicated through modern notation or
through the Biblical method of repeating keywords always indicate
contrastive emphasis - that is, each bullet is presumed
to be a distinct item contrasted to the other items on the list. Very often
the bullets are also used to indicate that the entire list is exhaustive
of some spectrum.
Verse(s)
Ex28-06b
discussing
the threads used in the Eyfod
cross references
Ex39-03
which
states
And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it
- in the midst of the sky-blue, and
- in the midst of the purple, and
- in the midst of the scarlet, and
- in the midst of the six-ply [linen],
with skilful work.
The repeated underlined phrase
in the midst
creates a bullet effect. The bullet effect in turn
creates an emphasis on the distinctness of all enumerated items.
Rashi interprets the distinctness as follows
Gold threads were combined with each of the other 4 threads.
So the linen thread was six-ply linen as explicitly indicated.
The gold thread combined making a 7-ply thread.
Similarly the sky-blue thread was 6 ply and became 7 ply with the combination of the gold thread.
(Without the bullets I would read the verse as requiring combining one gold thread with the
the 4 6-ply threads making a 25-ply thread; however, the bullets require combining four 7-ply
threads creating a 28-ply thread).
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