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VERSE: Dt15-07a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt15-07a Dt15-04b Dt24-14b


RULE: The Hebrew word EVYON comes from the Hebrew root AVH.
      AVH means to ACQUIESCE.
      Hence EVYON(poor)=Someone who acquiesces(AVH) to everyone

3 EXAMPLES
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Dt24-14b EVYON--RASHI:Someone who must acquiesce(AVH) to everyone
Dt15-07a EVYON--RASHI: The first to acquiesce & give in
Dt15-04b EVYON--RASHI: DL, ONI(2 words for poor);acquiesces


SUPPORT FROM THE MIDRASH VAYIKRAH RABBAH: 34:6
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{LIST} {The 8 Hebrew roots that mean poverty: Note this
        is a SEMANTIC list and cannot be produced with
        CD roms. These 8 names are listed by severity
        of the poverty*5}

ROOT    MEANING    VERSE     WHY IT MEANS POVERTY
----    -------    -------   --------------------
DLH     Bit by bit Ex02-19*1 Poor loses his money bit by bit
YRSH    Conquer    Dt28-42   The poor has been "conquered"
SCh     Protect    Ps27-5*2  Someone "protected" by an "owner"
AVH     Acquiesce  Job9-26*3 The poor "acquiesces" to all
ANH     Answer     1K18-21   The poor "answers" to everybody
HLCH    Walk       2Sam12-4  A "beggar" who roams and begs
DCA     Cut off    Ps51-19*4 "He sees food but can't reach for it
MCH     Crushed    Ecc10-18  Everyone "steps" on the poor

NOTES
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*1 It usually means to "draw water bit by bit" but this root
   can be used to denote anything done bit by bit such as
   "My eyes bit by bit turn to God (in prayer)"(Isa38-14)

*2 The root actually means "to cover"--but "covering" in the
   sense that it affords "protection" like a Succah hut that
   protects.

*3 The translation "AVH=Acquiesce" instead of the usual
   "AVH=desire" is a brilliancy due to the master of
   nuance, Rav Hirsch who skillfully cites Job9-26 which
   refers to "boats of acquiescence"(sailboats? that
   acquiesce to the wind?).

   Note that Rashi, following the Midrash Rabbah **does**
   translate EVYON as "TAYV TAYV" to everything..so it
   "looks like" Rashi thinks that EVYON=TAYV is someone
   who desires everything. But in truth, the root TAYV
   occurs only 4 times in the Bible and it could equally
   mean DESIRE or ACQUIESCE so indeed Rashi and the Midrash
   are fully consistent with Rav Hirsch. (As an example the
   verse Am06-08 could mean "I do NOT DESIRE the HONOR
   of Jacob" or it could more poignantly mean "I(God) will
   NOT ACQUIESCE to the HONOR of Jacob")

*4 The RADACK explicitly says that both the roots DCA and DCH
   both mean "broken and cut off".

   Note that it would be reasonable to say that the poor
   person is "cut off from friends and society". The midrash
   points out that in extreme poverty one is ALSO cut off
   from ones own emotions---"The poor person sees food but
   cannot reach out (because of his poverty)--he is "cut off"
   from the food"

*5 Thus we have the following TYPES of poverty
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  These people are poor now but once had money
 -------------------------------------------------
DL   "BIT BY BIT"--He loses his money bit by bit
RSH  "CONQUERED"--He had money but was BEATEN in a business deal


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  These poor people at least are protected/interact with people
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SCN  "PROTECTED"--He is poor but "belongs" someplace
AVYN "ACQUIESCE"--He belongs but must "give in" to his owner
ANI  "ANSWER"-----He belongs but must "answer" to his "owner"

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  These people have no money and do not belong anywhere
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HLK  "WALK"--he doesn't belong anywhere but begs
DCh  "CUT OFF"--he sees offers of food/money but can't reach out
MCH  "CRUSHED"--he sits there is trampled by everybody

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