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VERSE: Dt04-32b
RASHIS COVERED: Dt04-32b Dt04-08a
============================ Dt04-32b ===========================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is to give the meaning of
words the same way the dictionary gives meaning. We
call this the Rashi method of WORD MEANING.
All languages allow words to acquire
NEW MEANINGS. Rashi frequently used a
universal principle of all languages---METONOMY.
METONOMY refers to the capacity to name an item
by a related item (such as naming a PEOPLE, Americans,
by the LAND they live in, America)
EXAMPLE 1: Dt04-08a
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Verse Dt04-08a states
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Who is the great nation? A nation
that has RIGHTEOUS laws and statutes
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Rashi explains the capped phrase RIGHTEOUS LAWS
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- RIGHTEOUS normally is an attribute of PEOPLE
- However the METONOMY rule allows us to transfer
this meaning to ACTS. A RIGHTEOUS act is the
type of act you expect from a RIGHTEOUS person
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EXAMPLE 2: Dt04-32b
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Verse Dt04-32b states
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Ask please
- from the earliest days of history
- and from ONE OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER
has there ever been such a great miracle
(Of God saving one enslaved nation from another)
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Rashi explains the capped phrase
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FROM ONE OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER
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using the METONOMY principle
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We explain the phrase
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FROM ONE OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
metonomically as relating PEOPLE with their
LOCATIONS. Thus the phrase means
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FROM THE NATIONS AT ONE END OF THE HORIZON
TO THE OTHER
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Rashi provides a second explanation---this
will be explained in the footnotes.
LIST871z presents these and
other IDIOMS based on metonomy, synechdoche, and FFF.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANING
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST871z
List of idioms using METONOMY/SYNECHDOCHE(Meaning by relation)
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========================= LIST871z =============================
List of idioms using METONOMY/SYNECHDOCHE(Meaning by relation)
LIST871z continues LIST871d LIST871c LIST871b LIST871a
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE METONOMY METHOD USED
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Dt04-32b 1 END OF HEAVN NATIONS at HORIZON METONOMY*14
Dt04-08a RIGHTEOUS laws ...done by the RIGHTEOUS METONOMY
Lv02-11a HONEY SWEET*1 SYNECHDOCHE*1
Lv21-21c BREAD FOOD*1 SYNECHDOCHE*1
Nu08-02c Candellabrah Central Staff SYNECHDOCHE*1
Nu09-15a Tent Tablets Whole Temple*11 SYNECHDOCHE*1
Ex31-21c Tent Tablets Whole Temple*11 SYNECHDOCHE*1
Lv18-03a Egyptian-like Sexually perverse*10 SYNECHDOCHE*1
Lv18-03b CanaaniteLike Sexually perverse*10 SYNECHDOCHE*1
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Nu14-09b Our Bread Piece of cake(Easy) Metonomy*2
Nu10-31d Our eyes Gleam of our eye(Good) Metonomy*2
Nu14-11a Till WHERE Till WHEN*4 Metonomy*2
Lv18-09b OUT BIRTH OUT of WEDLOCK Metonomy*2
Nu11-20c Out of nose disgusted*12 Metonomy*2
Nu09-20b Numbered days Small number of days Metonomy*2
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Nu08-16b SproutFromWomb birth*13 FFF-Form*3
Nu20-22b Mount Mountain Mount on top of mountain FFF-Form*3
Nu04-14a Frighteners Coal rakers FFF-Feeling*3
Nu04-14c Barren Sweep cleam FFF-Function*3
-------- Pentagon Pentagon Institution FFF-Form*3
-------- U.N. U.N. Institution FFF-Function*3
NOTES
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*1 An example of SYNECHDOCHE--naming the whole
by the part
*2 An example of METONOMY--naming by something
related
*3 An example of naming by either
- Form (eg Pentagon)
- Function (e.g UN)
- Feel (e.g. Hardship)
We call this the FFF rule.
*4 RULE
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* ALeph nun hey = WHERE
* UNTIL Aleph Nun Hey= until WHEN
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*10 Rashi:
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Since generally sexually-perverse acts are
called EGYPTIAN-LIKE and CANAANITE LIKE we infer
that EGYPT and CANAAN were exemplary in sexual
perversity.
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Here Rashi uses the SYNECHDOCHE principle to
explain the reason for naming sexual perversity
as EGYPT-LIKE and CANAANITE-LIKE.
*11 For reasons of space we have abbreviated.
Nu09-15c literally translated states
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SANCTUARY FOR TENT OF TABLETS
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Ex31-21c literally translated states
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The Sanctuary of Tablets
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The following terms all refer to the Temple
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* Sanctuary
* Sanctuary of Tablets
* Sanctuary for the Tent of Tablets
* Sanctuary of the tent of Meeting
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While Rashi explains the details
of some of these terms it seems
reasonable to simply view them
all as IDIOMS. Some further comments on
the terms are presented below.
Technically the literal Hebrew term is
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* Sanctuary of TESTIMONY
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However the TABLETS with the 10
COMMANDMENTS are called the TESTIMONY
(See Ex31-18 or Ex25-16)Hence we have
translated this phrase as the
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* Sanctuary of Tablets
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The temple is called the
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* Sanctuary of Meeting
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because God designates the Temple
as a meeting place for Prophecy
(Cf. Ex25-22)
*12 The verse states
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until it comes out of your nose
and becomes strange
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Rashi translates the whole item as meaning
DISGUSTING. Clearly this is an example of
NEW MEANINGS.
*13 Here are a few uses of Pay-Tet-Resh
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* SPROUTING buds (SPROUTING) 1K06-19
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* SPROUTING(Leaving) from before King (1S19-10)
* SPROUTING (releasing) water (Pr17-14)
* SPROUTING from Womb (Nu08-16)
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We clearly have here a naming by FORM.
*14 Rashi gives an alternative explanation
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This refers to Adam whose stature extended
from ONE OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER
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Rashi here unifies both parts of the verse
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- go back in history to ask
- ask Adam
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The statement that ADAM's stature extended
from one of heaven to the other simply meant
that ADAM like NOACH and ABRAHAM unified the
whole world. We metaphorically indicate the
impact of such people by using words like
GREAT, BIG. The statement
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Adam's stature extended from one end of the
world to the other
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simply means that
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Adam's influence extended from one end of
the world to the other since he unified the
world
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Here again Rashi identifies a PERSON with
the LOCATIONS of his REIGN.
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