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VERSE: Dt11-25b

RASHIS COVERED: Dt11-25b Dt11-14c Dt11-14d Dt11-14c Dt11-25d

=========================== Dt11-25b ========================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals was the explanation of meaning
the same way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a
variety of vehicles to explain meaning including the
delineation between constrastive nuances of synonyms.

Dt11-25b Dt11-25c Dt11-25d
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- P-Ch-D = (immediate) FEAR
- AyMaH = (long term) ANXIETY

Dt11-14c Dt11-14d
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- 1st Rain - IMPREGNATES ground with seed
- Final rain - SOFTENS the land yield

In this last example Rashi uses a two letter root theory. Rashi
believed that 3 letter roots were used for conjugation while
2 letter roots were used for meaning. Here Rashi explains
that words with LAMED can mean TO or GOAL or FUNCTION. Thus
LKS would mean RAIN that should go TO the HARD grain (for
purposes of softening it). Other examples are presented below
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ITEM                     DETAIL
======================== =======================================
RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      SYNONYMS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST955z
List of                  Synonym pairs-differ minutely
---------------------    ---------------------------------
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      2-4 Letter roots
SEE BELOW                LIST910i
List of                  roots with LAMED=TO/GOAL
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========================= LIST955z =====================
List of                Synonym pairs-differ minutely
LIST955z continues LIST955a
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VERSE    WORD   BASIC IDEA NUANCES
======== ====== ========== =============================
Dt11-25c P-Ch-D FEAR       IMMEDIATE Fear-Good pimples*1
Dt11-25d MoRaH  FEAR       ANXIETY-LONG TERM Fear-vision
-------  -----  ------      ----------------------
Dt11-14c YoREH  RAIN*2	   FIRST rain-IMPREGNATES ground
Dt11-14d MLKSH  RAIN*2     FINAL rain-SOFTENS Ground
-------  -----  ------      ----------------------


NOTES
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*1 Also Rashi Dt11-25b. It seems reasonable that
   - P-Ch-D comes from Poh-Chad - SHARP and would refer to
   e.g. getting GOOSE PIMPLES (Sharpnesses in skin) from
   fear

   - MoRaH comes from Y-R-A = vision = LONG TERM
   apprehension over the future.*10


*2 - YOREH seems to comes from HRH to make pregnant. It
   would look at the rain as ENABLING the seeds to grow

   - MALKOSH seesm to come from LKSH - TO THE HARD(KSH)
   GRAIN and would refer to a final softening rain
   before the produce. See LIST910i *11

--------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ----------------

*10 The reader need NOT believe the above etymologies
    For frequently Rashi explains synonyms without
    reference to etymologies and even without reference
    to verses. However some of the above etymologies seem
    reasonable and may enrich our appreciation of the
    synonyms.


*11 Rashi gives another etymology from the Aramaic.
    However in this list we advocate the 2nd explanation
    of Rashi over the 1st. Furthermore in this
    particular case the 2nd explanation comes internally
    from Hebrew while the 1st Rashi explanation INFERS
    usage from Aramaic but does not EXPLAIN it.
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====================== LIST910i =========================
List of                  roots with LAMED=TO/GOAL
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ROOT  MEANING  MEANS LAMED LAST 2 LETTER  ROOT(Last 2)
===== ======== ===== ===== ============== ===============
LVN   Brick    means TO    The Building   BNH
LCKh  Lick     means TO    my palate      ChayCh
LChTz Shove    means TO    the outside    ChTz
LShN  Tongue   means TO    my teeth       ShayN
LKSH  LastRain means TO    the hard grain KASH(Hard)
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