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VERSE: Dt31-20a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt31-20a Nu14-11b

=============== THE HEBREW ROOT naatz MEANS to anger ===========

BACKGROUND
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The Hebrew root Nun-Aleph-Tzade occurs only 29 times in the
Bible.

THE TEXT
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The meaning of NAATZ can be inferred from context in most
verses. Perhaps the simplest method is to use a verse with
two parallel phrases like Prv5-12. Thus we have
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 I         HATE (SaNay)          ETHICS
 MY HEART  IS ANGERED(Kaath)     BY REBUKE
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THE RASHI
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There are 5 verses in Chumash using this root. On two
of them Rashi says that this root means to ANGER.

THE LIST
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Here is the list of Biblical verses where this root occurs
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VERSE   TEXT OF VERSE WITH THE ROOT Nun-aleph-tzade meaning ANGER
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Nu14-11 How long will these people ANGER me*1
Nu14-23 & all those who ANGER me will not see Israel*1
Dt32-19 And God saw (the idolatry) and was ANGERED
Nu16-30 & (when God punishes them) youll know they ANGERED God
Dt31-20 ...they will desert me; ANGER me; annul my convenant

NOTES
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*1 The context of these verses is the spy incident. Recall
   that the spys maliciously slandered Israel and said that
   God could not bring us there. God then complained that every
   time he did a miracle for these people they ANGERED him.
   Finally God swore never to let these Jews see Israel. God
   continues: And any person WHO ANGERS me will not see it.*10

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*10 Note that the context of these verses clearly shows that
    Nun-Aleph-Tzade means ANGER or some related emotion.

    In passing it would appear that Nun-Aleph-Tzade has a
    more intense meaning then Kuph-Ayin-Samech.

    We have presented 13 methods by which Rashi infers meaning
    in http://www.RashiYomi.Com/means-32.htm.

    Of these 13 methods Rashi could have used 2 to infer
    the meaning of NAATZ=ANGER
    -- THE PARALLEL FORM SENTENCE METHOD (see our analysis
       of Prv5-12 above; also see eg 1King19-03 or Isa37-03)

    -- THE VERSE-PROPERTY method (See our analysis of the
       verses in Numbers in footnote #1 above)
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