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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 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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