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VERSE: Dt22-11b

================= CONSTRUCTS CAN INDICATE NEW CONCEPTS ========

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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To Yosi Zoimen for encouraging me to find the LIST by asking
the question.

BACKGROUND
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Words can frequently take on CONSTRUCT states (IN English
the CONSTRUCT state is indicated by the word OF -- e.g. THE
HOUSE of ROYALTY).

THE TEXT
--------
On several rare occasions we have CONSTRUCTS without any
followup. For example Dt22-11b speaks about A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN OF
The natural question is OF WHAT

THE RASHI
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There are two approaches to this. Most commentators simply
state THE BIBLICAL WORD of IS EXTRA AND HAS NO MEANING*10
But Rashi used the technique of NEW MEANINGS. As an example
the construct phrase without a followup-- WOMAN OF -- would
for a new concept. WOMAN-OF would mean MARRIED WOMAN.

THE LIST
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Here is a list of verses with constructs and missing followups*11
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VERSE     HEBREW   Word means  Construct means Construct phrase
========  ======== =========== =============== =================
Dt22-11b  EYSHET   Woman       Married Woman   Wife-of *1
Prv23-18  ACHARIT  End         Reward          End-of *2
Gn01-01   RAYSHIT  Beginning   Choicest        Beginning-of *3
Ps120-6   RABATH   Many        Major           Alot-of *4
Ps95-05   YABESHET Dry Land    Rocky land      Driest-of *5

NOTES
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*1 Cf an identical usage in Ps58-09

*2 That is the REWARD is the END-OF whatever you are
   doing for work. (This explanation comes from RADACK,
   BOOK OF ROOTS)

*3 Cf An Identical usage in Ps105:36. *12

*4 The sentence
   -------------------
   I suffered many (RV)
   -------------------
   would mean that MANY tribulations came on me.

   But the actual verse which uses the construct(Ps120-6,Ps129-2)
   ---------------------------
   I suffered MANY-OF(RABATH)
   ---------------------------
   would refer to receiving MANY OF EACH tribulation

   An English analogy could be MAJOR STORM vs MANY STORMS
   Hence we have translated RABATH (Many-of) as MAJOR.

*5 Dry land includes both
   - fertile farm land
   - rocky supported land (on which you build buildings)

   This explains the use of YABESHET in Ex04-09. The water
   spilled by Moses became blood on the ROCKY-land (If it had
   become blood on FERTILE land we could say that liquids mixed
   with it making it red; thus the miracle was heightened)

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

*10 E.g. See the explicit statement by Ibn Ezra on Ps120-6

*11 Some of these translations are advocated by major
    commentators and are accepted. Some are controversial
    Some are my own. In general when I bring a list I try
    and let the reader form their own opinion. After
    reading the list the reader should ask if the GENERAL rule
    makes sense. Here is a recap of the list: Judge for yourself
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    CONSTRUCT PHRASE SUGGESTED NEW MEANING        SOURCE ACCEPTED
    ---------------- ---------------------------- ------ --------
    WOMAN-OF         WIFE                         Rashi  Clear
    END-OF           Wages                        Radack accepted
    BEGINNING OF     Choicest                     Disput deep
    DRY LAND OF      Rocky land (Driest OF lands) My own nice
    Many-of          Major                        My own nice
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*12 For a full explanation of Gn-01 see URL:
    http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gen-1.htm. There we show that
    Genesis 1 describes the creation of prophecy not the
    creation of the world: We therefore translate Genesis 1 as
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    For the sake of the Choicest qualities in man God created
    the spiritual and physical worlds. For the physical world
    had been chaotic and confusing, an emotional darkness over
    an unconscious jungle with the spirit of prophecy only
    hovering in the background. [THEREFORE, Because of the
    Choicest qualities in man] God said: LET THERE BE THE
    LIGHTS OF PROPHECY ..and the lights of prophecy existed
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