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VERSE: Ex08-17b

====================== Ex08-17b =================================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meanings
of words the same way a dictionary explains words.We
call this the Rashi rule of WORD MEANINGS.

Rashi has 10 vehicles to explain meanings. One method
of explaining meaing is to use the GOOD EXAMPLE method.
For example BREAD is a GOOD EXAMPLE of FOOD and hence
BREAD can mean FOOD. Similarly HONEY can mean SWEET.
In literature this is known as METONOMY or SYNECHDOCHE
(naming a WHOLE by a PART).

EXAMPLE Ex08-17b
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The biblical text states
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Behold I, God, will send
again you, Pharoh, the
MIXTURE
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Rashi (paraphrased) comments
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The word MIXTURE refers to
a MIXTURE of beasts---lions,
snakes, etc
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Thus Rashi uses the GOOD EXAMPLE method here; a MIXTURE
OF BEASTS is a good example of a MIXTURE

LIST850a summarizes several Biblical words named using
the GOOD EXAMPLE method.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     GOOD EXAMPLE
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST850a
List of words with       meaning by GOOD EXAMPLE(eg BREAD=Food)
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================= LIST850a ====================================
List of words with       meaning by GOOD EXAMPLE(eg BREAD=Food)
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PHRASE             CAPPED word can also men
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MIXTURE            MIXTURE of beasts*4
HEAVY BURDEN       BURDEN*3
SEAL-engraved*1    Engraved with clear letters
SCRIBAL pen*2      Good pen
ORANGE             Same color as ORANGE fruit
BREAD              Any food
HONEY              Anything sweet
DAY can mean       Any 24 hour period
MAN (ISH)can mean  Any person
E-L-H-I-M can mean Judge
IN                 Among

NOTES
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*1 Ex28-11b

*2 Ps45-02

*3 Rashi Ex06-06d (Note: The same idiom applies in English)

*4 Ex08-17b*10

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

*10 Rashi additionally cites a long Midrash Tanchuma
    on the reasons for the 10 commandments. The Midrash
    advocates that God declared WAR on Egypt. War is
    declared through
    - cutting of water/food supplies (bloody Nile)
    - Proclamations to scare the people (Frogs)
    - Physical attack (Lice)

    The MIXTURE was a second attack by LAND (since
    the first 3 were an attack by water). THe HAIL
    was a 3rd attack by AIR).

    We will develop this at a later date. Rav Hirsch
    follows this explanation in his commentary.
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