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VERSE: Dt32-06d

RASHIS COVERED: Dt32-06d Dt32-06e Dt32-06f

RULE: We have frequently indicated that POETIC verses are
governed by the Rabbi Ishmael rule of CONTEXT. Very often poetic
verses REPEAT the same theme several times. In interpeting these
verses the following guiding principles are helpful:

GUIDELINES FOR INTERPRETING POETIC VERSES
* First, find the overall UNIFYING principle
* Next, try and recognize the WORDS that YOU do KNOW
* Further try and find the SPECIAL NUANCES in the words you know
* Then infer the meanings of other words using PARALLEL STRUCTURE
* Try and find all SUBCATEGORIES of the UNIFYING theme
* Make a ONE TO ONE CORRESPONDENCE between the subcategories of
  The unifying theme and repeated stanzas of the verse based on
  the nuances you recognize in the repeated words.

EXAMPLES

1) Dt32-06
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Is He (God) not your FATHER
He NESTS you
He MADE you
and made you WELL FOUNDED
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Let us now review this verse using the 6 Guidelines above

UNIFYING PRINCIPLE
Clearly all 4 phrases say that  God MADE the Jews

WORDS YOU KNOW
All the following words have well known meanings
* Father
* Nest
* Make
* Well Founded

SPECIAL NUANCES
According to Radack, Book of Roots,the root TO MAKE(Ayin-Sin-Hey)
has 5 meanings

{LIST}
The Five meanings of Ayin-Sin-Hey----To Make			
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Meaning           Sample Text             Verse
---------------   ----------------------- --------
To create         I created earth         Isa45-12
To fix (Trim)	he didn t trim his legs	2Sam19-25	
Give status to	made this wealth MINE*1	Dt08-17	
to do             God DID what he planned Lam2-17
Squeeze           squeeze breasts*2       Ez23-08

NOTES
*1 Another translation might be to ACQUIRE ( I ACQUIRED this
wealth ). However eg in 2Sam12-6 God,  who MADE Moses and
Aaron , it doesn t mean CREATE and doesn t mean ACQUIRED but
rather means GAVE THE STATUS OF PROPHETS. The reader should
choose that explanation (STATUS, CREATE) that (s)he likes best

Perhaps it is best to translate these verses like the English
 This MADE him into a man  which also has a connotation of
GIVING STATUS TO

*2 Actually my opinion is that Ez23-08 would better be translated
in the sense of FIX or TRIM since you FIX BREASTS by nursing
(Similar to FIXING nails by trimming).


Thus in Dt32-06 we would translate, not
 God who CREATED(Made) you
but rather
 God who MADE you
(that is MADE you what you are and gave you the status of a
nation)


THE PARALLEL STRUCTURE
Dt32-06 indicates 4 phases in MAKING A NATION
* FATHER
* NESTING
* MAKING you into a nation
* WELL FOUNDED
Note how in this case the 4 stages are indicated by 4 words (not
4 verbs)

THE SUBCATEGORIES OF MAKING A NATION
* Acquiring a leader
* Getting guidance
* Growing up--becoming a recognized nation
* Developing ones own culture

THE ONE TO ONE CORRESPONDECE
{LIST}
1-1 Correspondence Between Dt32-06 &  Making  A Nation
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Verse           Become a Nation         Rashis language
-----           ---------------         ---------------
Father          Acquired a leader*1     Acquired
Nest            Guidance                Fix you up *2
Made you	    Make you a Nation	    Make you a nation	
Well founded    Ones own culture*3	    Prophets,Priests,Sages	

NOTES
*1 Actually Rashi speaks not about the Jews acquiring a leader
but rather about God acquiring the Jews--either way, it is the
beginning of the relationship

*2 Of course there are triple puns here--the 3 words used:
---acquire (KaNah)
---nest (KaN)
---Fix (TaKayN)
all come from the same Kuf-Nun root. But the correspondence
is as shown above

*3 In other words Jewish culture is characterized by having
Sages, Priests, and Prophets.


SUMMARY: God
--became your leader and father
--he nested and fixed you up
--he MADE you into a nation
--and help you develop your own culture of priest-prophet-sages

RULE USED: EXAMPLE9
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