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VERSE: Dt01-13a
RASHIS COVERED: Dt01-13a Dt30-03a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way GRAMMAR textbooks explain GRAMMAR.
GRAMMAR has a rich variety of rules. One little known
rule of GRAMMAR is the pun rule which states that
an author can misspell a word so as to give dual
meaning to words (the misspelled word hints at
another meaning).
We call this the rule of PUNS.
PUNS are common in all languages. In FALL 2006
a paper on PUNS will appear in the JEWISH
BIBLE QUARTERLY. In that paper I show how Biblical puns
are frequently intended by the Author and describe the
various types of puns. PUNS are a powerful method
to indicate additional information.
EXAMPLE Dt01-13a
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Dt01-13a states
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Choose wise and understanding men,
known among your tribes,
and I will pLACE them as
judicial leaders (Judges) over you
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To mimic the Biblical Hebrew we Capitalized
the LACE in "pLACE". Hence the Rashi comment
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When the community sins
and the judicial leaders
do not protest and try
criminals God LACES
into them and holds them responsible
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Here Rashi utilizes the pun, indicated by a deliberate
misspelling (capitalization) to indicate a moral value
that God holds the Judges responsible for the sins of
the people.
The pun we have presented above PLACE vs pLACE is
indicated by deleting the YUD from the Hebrew word
VAV ALEPH SIN YUD MEM MEM which means PLACE and making
it read VAV ALEPH SIN MEM MEM which means DESOLATE. The
actual Hebrew Rashi states
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When the community sins
and the judicial leaders
do not protest and try
criminals God DESOLATES
them and holds them responsible
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EXAMPLE 2: Dt02-33a
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Verse Dt02-33a states
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And the Lord our God delivered him before us;
and we struck him, and his SONs,
and all his people
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Here the English word SONS is misspelled SONs
transforming the PLURAL into the SINGULAR. This
English pun mirrors the Hebrew pun which removes
the YUD from the plural Hebrew word
BETH NUN YUD VAV making it read in the singular
as BETH NUN VAV.
Hence the Rashi comment
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The pun teaches us that when
they conquered his sons
they also conquered the son whom
he was training to replace him.
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In other words the conquest was total
LIST080a below gives a list of BIBLICAL PUNS
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS METAPLASMUS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW LIST080a
List of verses with Puns from deliberate misspelling
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====================== LIST080a ============================
List of verses with Puns from deliberate misspelling
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VERSE WORD INTENT SECONDARY MEANING HINTED AT*1
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Dt01-13a pLACE*1 PUN God LACES Judges when they dont lead
Dt02-33a SONs*1 PUN They conquered THE SON who was heir
Dt30-03a VeShaV PUN God WILL RETURN HIMSELF(return you)
Ex04-02a MaZeH PUN FROM THIS your hand is punished
Gn24-39a OLY Pun To me(Wanted his daughter to marry
Ex03-15a LOLAM Pun Conceal my name
Ex23-02c RV Pun Don't disagree with Rabbi
Gn08-21a MnuRaV Pun Mischief From infancy
Gn16-05b BNyIch Pun Mad at Hagar and Abraham
Nu07-19a HIKRV Pun God commanded order
Gn01-14b MOROTH Pun Curses created on Wednesday
Dt02-33a BNV Pun Cut off his "sons & heirs"
Gn06-02b TOVOTH Pun Fixed up & good looking
Nu22-05f MMLI Pun camped "opposite & opposing"
Gn18-01c YOSHAV Pun Sit up and down(in respect)
Gn19-01c YOSHAV Pun SAT in nation;SIT on "bench"
Gn23-10a YSHV Pun Sit in nation;Sat on "bench"
NOTES
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*1 For further details see
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/fd-12.htm
Better yet see the whole DEFICIENT-FULL series at
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/calendar1.htm
The full deficient series was presented in May 2000
In Fall 2006 my article BIBLICAL PUNS will appear
in the JEWISH BIBLE QUARTERLY.
*2 I have used English puns to mimic the Hebrew puns.
The Hebrew puns involve omission of letters and
have similar pun intent to the English puns that
we have injected into the translation to give
the English reader a FEEL for the pun.
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