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VERSE: Ex05-04a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex05-04a Ex32-25a Dt32-42a Gn41-45b Lv10-06a
Lv13-45b Lv21-10a Nu05-18b Nu06-05b
================= PAY-RESH-AYIN means EXPOSED ===================
BACKGROUND
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One of Rashis functions is to explain the meaning of words,
the same way a dictionary explains words.
THE ROOT
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We deal with the root Pay-Resh-Ayin
THE RADACK
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The RADACK in his book ROOTS lists 5-6 meanings
-- to GROW HAIR (eg Lv10-06)
-- to EXPOSE (Nu05-18)
-- VENGANCE (Dt32-42)
-- to be VULNERABLE (EXPOSE) (Ex32-25)
-- to ANNUL/DESPISE/INTEFER/HARASS/RETRACT (Ex05-04, Ez24-15)
UNIFYING THEMES IN RASHI
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* On Dt32-42a Rashi explains that PRA means
EXPOSURE OF FORTIFICATION (BREAKINS) not VENGANCE
Note the more focused speficity in Rashis explanation
* Rashi explains Ex32-25 twice
-It can mean the people were EXPOSED/VULNERABLE(Ex32-25)
-It can mean the people were DISGUSTING (Ex05-04)
Thus Rashi seems to suggest a unified meaning of EXPOSED
THE LISTS
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Following Rashi LIST 1 shows that all 5-6 meanings of PRA
has the fundamental idea of EXPOSED. In LIST 1 we list the
basic meanings. In LIST2 we list the various Rashis and
verses and show how their interpretation follows EXPOSURE.
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MEANING VERSE SAMPLE TEXT WITH pra TRANSLATED AS EXPOSED
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Expose Nu05-18b He shall EXPOSE her hair
Grow hair Nu06-05b Let his hair be EXPOSED by GROWING WILD*1
Breakins Dt32-42d the enemy EXPOSURE OF FORTRESSES(Exposure)*2
intefer Ex05-04a HARASS their work by EXPOSING them to rest*3
Disgusting Ex32-25a They had become VULNERABLE from partying*4
NOTES
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*1 Hair growth (PRA) refers to at least 30 days of uncut hair
*2 The traditional translation is VENGANCE. A more precise
translation is given by Rashi: BREAKINS OF FORTIFICATIONS.
The breakin EXPOSES(literally) the enemy.Thus this meaning
is consistent with the idea of EXPOSURE.
*3 Rashi suggests various translations like HARASS, INTEFER,
ANNUL, MAKE INACCESSIBLE. But Rashi explicitly explains this
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Why EXPOSE them to ideas of rest which
will intefer with their work?
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Thus we think the best translation is EXPOSE or LAY BARE,
which usually results in INTEFERRENCE & HARASSMENT.
The particular verses involved will be examined in LIST 2
so the reader can judge for him/herself
*4 Other translations are DISGUSTING or DISTANT from God.
Note how in ENGLISH, the word VULNERABLE is one of the
meanings of EXPOSED
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============== PAY-RESH-AYIN means EXPOSED #2 ==================
In this list, LIST2, we list many verses and show how in
each one a TRANSLATION OF EXPOSE is satisfactory. The
footnotes gives further details. For a list of meanings
of PRA see LIST 1
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH pay-resh-ayin RELATION to EXPOSE
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Nu05-18b He shall EXPOSE her hair EXPOSE
Lv10-06a Dont GROW YOUR HAIR*1 GROW WILD = EXPOSE
Nu06-05b Let his hair be EXPOSED by GROWING WILD*1
Lv13-45b he will let his hair GROW*2 GROW WILD = EXPOSE
Lv21-10a He wont let his HAIR grow*3 *4 GROW WILD = EXPOSE
Nu06-05b let his LOCKS of hair grow *4*5 GROW WILD = EXPOSE
Ex32-25a The people were EXPOSED VULNERABLE=EXPOSE
Dt32-42d the VENGANCES of the Enemy EXPOSE/BREAK FORTRESS
Prv01-25 You EXPOSED all my advise EXPOSED=INTEFERED*6
Prv04-15 EXPOSE it; and avoid it EXPOSE=INTEFER/ANNUL*6
Prv29-18 Without rebuke they-re EXPOSED EXPOSED=VULNERABLE*6
Ex24-14 I will NOT EXPOSE my wrath EXPOSE=INTEFER/ANNUL*6
Ex05-04a Why INEFER/HARASS their work EXPOSE TO OTHER IDEAS*6
Gn41-45b (His name was) POTI-PERAH EXPOSED vs FRUITFUL*11
Prv04-15 Prv01-25 Ex32-25 FAR/DISGUSTED
NOTES
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*1 This was a commandment to the sons of Aaron who were
mourning the loss of their brother.*10
*2 This verse is said on the Lepor who had to rent his
garments and let his hair grow long. These procedures
were designed to humble him in order to get him to
repent from slander.
*3 This is said about the High Priest who is prohibited from
mourning (Hence he may not let his hair grow)
*4 Rashi explains that the phrase GROW YOUR HAIR refers
to a 30 day growth period. All NUMERICAL MEASURES
come from oral traditions to Moses at Sinai
*5 This is said about the Nazarite who vowed to abstain from
wine. He must also abstain from haircuts.
*6 We now bring verses where PRA is traditionally translated
as MAKE INACCESSIBLE/HARASS/ANNUL/INTEFER/RETRACT.
We argue that the basic idea is EXPOSE. If you EXPOSE an
idea then you make it VULNERABLE and INTEFER with its
execution. Please read the verses and see if this
translations FITS properly.
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*10 Recall (Rashi Pesachim 6) that all Biblical verses should
be subject to Generalization unless OTHERWISE indicated.
Hence we infer from this verse that ALL MOURNERS should
let there hair grow. See the following URL for other
examples of generalization
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example3.htm
*11 Here is the Rashi (Recall that Joseph was enslaved in
Egypt to a master named POTIPAR. His masters wife made
advances to Joseph which he refused. His master then
put him in prison. Later Joseph was released and made
vice-president of Egypt. He married the daughter of POTIPERA)
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RASHI: POTIPERA and POTIPAR are the same person.
He is called POTIPERA because he was castrated
for trying to gay-rape Joseph
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Really? It seems as if Rashi is saying that POTIPERA
was gay and wanted to force Joseph to have sex with him.
This is consistent with an image that in ancient times
all non-jews were animals, murderers and rapists. This
view (besides being absurd) is DIRECTLY CONTRADICTED
by the Rashi on Gn34-07 who explains that Jacobs children
were upset by the Rape of their sister since
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NON-JEWS HAD ABSTAINED FROM HERD RAPES
SINCE THE TIME OF THE FLOOD
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Rather Rashi is Simple: Rashi is referring to the fact
that Potipar placed Joseph in Jail. Traditionally prisonmates
suffer from gay sex and rape. Thus POTIPAR by placing Joseph
in Jail tried to rape him.
As a punishment POTIPAR became exposed (perhaps his marriage
broke up--without going into details his wife was a bit
of a shrew---Rashi gives explicit statements of what she
said to him in bed)
Thus his named was changed from
-- from PAR (Meaning FRUITFUL)
-- to PRA (Meaning EXPOSED and VULNERABLE-- a fitting
name for a divorcee)
I see no reason to make this personal between Joseph &
Potipar (After all he was his father-in-law)
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RASHI RULE USED: UNIFIED MEANING
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