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VERSE: Dt29-18d
RASHIS COVERED: Dt29-18d Dt29-18e Dt29-18f
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi sometimes makes inferences from WORD MEANINGS and GRAMMAR
However Rashi can equally make inferences from OVERALL
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE. Rashi frequently uses REPEATING KEYWORDS
to emphaisize a BULLET-LIKE affect which hilights structure.
EXAMPLE Dt29-09:20 Dt29-18d Dt29-18e Dt29-18f
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In Dt29-09:20, the keyword LEST functions to indicate paragraph
structure.
- God is making a CONVENANT UNDER CURSE with you
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- - You have seen the idol-gods of other nations
- - - LEST there be someone whose HEART TURNS towards idols
- - - LEST there be someone in whom poisonous SIN HAS A ROOT
- - - AND then talks himself into believing that it is OK TO SIN
- - - Then God will judge him for both WILLFUL & ACCIDENTAL SIN
- - God will not forgive him
- - God will be enraged by him
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- This CURSE will apply to him
Note the following bullet features
- The Beginning and End verses both mention the CURSE
Thus this entire paragraph is about the convenant of the curse
- Note how the last 3 clauses
- - NO FORGIVE,
- - ENRAGED,
- - CURSE
exhibit a CLIMAX behavior and hence represent one theme.
- Note how the middle 3 sentences are BULLETED by the keyword
LEST. We emphasize the nature of the BULLET method---
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the Rashi inference does not come from the Hebrew words used but
rather from the STRUCTURE of the paragraph
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Hence Rashi translates
- LEST someones HEART TURNS = (Inadvertent sin)
- LEST someone has a POISONOUS ROOT = (Sinned once or twice)
- AND he thinks IT IS OK TO SIN
- But the only consequence of this is that
- the SATIATED WILL BE ADDED TO THE THIRSTY
(punished for both INADVERTENT and WILLFUL)
These Rashi inferences
- HEART TURNS = INADVERTENT SIN
- POISON HAS A ROOT = SINNED ONCE OR TWICE
- PEACE WILL BE WITH ME = OK TO SIN
- SATIATED = INADVERTENT SIN
- THIRSTY = WILLFUL SIN
these Rashi inferences were made BECAUSE OF THE BULLET PARAGRAPH
STRUCTURE. That is, the BULLET STRUCTURE is the driving
force behind the derivation.
A further point should be made: What I call the BULLET structure
is identical with the Rabbi Ishmael exegetical rule of INFERRING
FROM CONTEXT. More will be said below in the lists.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS BULLETING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW LIST106z
List of clauses in Dt29-09:20-accidental,occasional,willful sin
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=========================== LIST106z ================================
List of clauses in Dt29-??:??-accidental,occasional,willful sin
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TypeOf Verse TRANSLATION OF Biblical Verses
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THEME God is making a CONVENANT UNDER CURSE with you*1
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BACKGROUND You have seen the idol-gods of other nations
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SIN accident LEST there be someone whose HEART TURNS towards idols*2
SIN did once LEST there be someone in whom poisonous SIN HAS A ROOT*2
SIN willful And then thinks it is OK TO SIN*2
SIN summary Then God will judge him for both ACCIDENTAL/WILLFUL*2
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CURSE God will not forgive him*3
CURSE God will be enraged by him*3
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THEME This CURSE will apply to him*3 *1
NOTES
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*1 Dt28-09:11 Note how the keyword CURSE (CONVENANT UNDER CURSE)
occurs in verses 11,19,20. This keyword helps define the
BEGINNING and END of the Biblical paragraph. That is the
entire paragraph is speaking about the CONVENANT UNDER
OATH
*2 The Keyword LEST defines a unity in these verses (Dt28-17:18)
The following table more clearly shows the Rashi comments
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Actual Biblical text Rashi Translation How inferred
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HEART TURNS inadvertent sin standard
poison has roots Sinned once/twice Bullet contxt
It will be OK to me willful sinner standard
the SAIETY INADVERTENT SIN Bullet contxt
the THIRST WILLFUL SIN Bullet contxt
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Let me be clear on this
The words POISONOUS ROOTS, SAIETY and THIRST by themselves
do not mean WILLFUL vs INADVERTENT SIN.
However the Biblical context is clearly speaking about
HEART TURNING or thinking IT IS OK--hence it is this
context which drives us to interpret the other words
as referring to 3 stages in sin
- INADVERTENT
- SINNED ONCE/TWICE by ACCIDENT
- WILLFUL
Once we understand the overall paragraph structure we
can go back and translate POISON HAS A ROOT=SINNED ONCE/
TWICE and we can translate SAIETY:THIRST::ACCIDENTAL:WILLFUL
This is an important principle and facilitates reading
Rashi as the simple meaning: Rashi can EQUALLY derive
meaning from words or structure.
*3 These last verses Dt28-18:20 all speak about PUNISHMENT.
The sequence of clauses
- no forgive
- God enraged
- the CURSE lies on him
- blot his name out
- set aside for evil misfortune
clearly have a unifying theme of punishment.
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