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VERSE: Dt01-19a

=================== GREAT & AWESOME = SNAKES/SCORPIONS ==========

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Dt01-19a AND YOU JOURNEY THRU THIS GREAT AND AWESOME DESERT
Rashi explains the phrase GREAT AND AWESOME DESERT. Surprisingly
this phrase only occurs 2 other times in the Bible. In Dt08-15
it gives more detail: GREAT & AWESOME DESERT WITH SNAKES ..
SCORPIONS. Hence I infer that GREAT & AWESOME DESERT means a
desert with SNAKES & SCORPIONS.

We can perceive this derivation as using EITHER the method of
OTHER VERSES or the METHOD OF ALIGNMENT--both justify inferring
meaning.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:     OTHER VERSES
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:  INFERRING MEANING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE
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The rule of OTHER VERSES simply means that Rashi
is explaining one verse by citing an OTHER VERSE

One usage of other verses is when an enigmatic word
occurs in several verses. If just one of these verses
contains more detail then we can infer the meaning of
this enigmatic word (This rule is also one of the 13
Rabbi Ishmael Style rules which states that
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 If one verse stands out from a collection of verses
 then it doesnt just stand out for itself but for
 the whole group of verses; This justifies transference
 of meaning to the other verses
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STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Todays example is as good as any other
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 Dt01-19a ... this GREAT & AWESOME desert
 Dt08-15  ... this GREAT & AWESOME desert with SNAKES..SCORPIONS
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EXERCISE:
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Before reading Rashi
-- WHAT PHRASE is repeated in both verses
-- Using a Konkordance or search engine, does this phrase
   occur elsewhere in the Bible
-- What clarification does Dt08-15 give to the phrase
   GREAT & AWESOME desert


RASHIS SOLUTION
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Rashi simply explains that GREAT & AWESOME desert means
a desert with SNAKES & SCORPIONS


STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/other-20.htm

OR
Navigate to the Rashi calendar at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm

The OTHER series was presented in November of 2000.
You can directly navigate to
http://www.RashiYomi.com/other-1.htm
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/other-2.htm etc

COMMENT:
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Note: That this method is almost the same as the use
of the ALIGNMENT method to discover meaning (The
difference being that ALIGNMENT applies even in the
same verse while the OTHER VERSE method applies to
2 distant verses)

HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the LIST below for school projects.
Here is how, if you are a teacher then when you
find an enigmatic phrase you can instruct your
student to
-- search for similar phrases elsewhere in the Bible
   A Konkordance or search engine will help on this

-- try and find one verse where MORE DETAIL is given
   on the meaning of this verse

-- try and transfer this meaning to the other verses

The students solution can then be compared with Rashis.
Very often the student can do as well as Rashi. This
inspires confidence in the students since they see
that Rashis commentary emanates from scholarship, not
from authority.

TODAYS LIST
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We present the ALIGNMENT of the two verses shedding light on
this unknown phrase below.
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VERSE    PHRASE1                         PHRASE2
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Dt01-19a ... this GREAT & AWESOME desert
Dt08-15  ... this GREAT & AWESOME desert with SNAKES..SCORPIONS
Differs  *1                              *2

NOTES
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*1 These 2 phrases are the same. The phrase GREAT AND AWESOME
   desert only occurs thrice in the Bible

*2 This phrase is extra in Dt08-15. This phrase suggests that
   SNAKES & SCORPIONS is an EXPLANATION and CLARIFICATION
   of GREAT & AWESOME. Hence the technique of OTHER VERSES
   justifies transferring the meaning
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RASHI RULE USED: OTHER VERSES
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
However they frequently contain additional information & lists
The hyperlinks only work on the main website

Volume 14 Number 18


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