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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 Nu16-05b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1222.htm
      Brief Summary: In the morning God will let it be known a) WHO belongs to Him (LEVITES).... b) WHOM He selected (PRIESTS)

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 of exhaustive of some spectrum.

    Verse(s) Nu16-05b discussing that it is God who has chosen certain people states And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Tomorrow the Lord will show
    • who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to Him;
    • whom he has chosen [and] and will him cause to come near to Him.
    The repeated underlined phrase who, whom (literally, the Hebrew word Aleph-Tauv, Eth) 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 (1) The holy people who are His refers to the Levites (cf. Ex32-26) while (2) whom he has chosen refers to the Priests since some Priests e.g. the High priest is chosen and selected (cf. Lv16-32)


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