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VERSE: Ex09-32a


============================== Ex09-32a ========================


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently makes powerful inferences from the alignment
of ALMOST similar verses. The minor variations between these
almost similar verses suggests nuances and differences or
even meaning. We call this the Rashi rule of ALIGNMENT

When Rashi infers MEANING from the ALIGNMENT of almost
identical phrases we call this the Rashi SUBRULE of MEANING.

EXAMPLE Ex09-32a
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Ex09-31:32 states in discussing the effects of the hail
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Flax/barley were     hit because flax was bud barley was in ear
Wheat/spelt were not hit because they were dark
*1               *2                        *3
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Rashi infers from the alignment that DARK GRAIN refers to
NON-SPROUTED grain which explains why the hail did not hit them

Radack further clarifies why the the Hebrew root Aleph-Pay-Lamed
which means DARK, here means UNBUDDED. Radack explains that
before a seed ripens it lies in the ground in the dark.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #12
SEE BELOW                LIST343q
List of phrases in       Ex09-31:32 DARK=unbudded, in ground
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======================== LIST343q ================================
List of phrases in       Ex09-31:32 DARK=unbudded, in ground
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Phrase 1    Phrase 2     Phrase 3
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Flax/barley were     hit because flax was  bud barley was in ear
Wheat/spelt were not hit because they were dark
*1               *2                        *3


NOTES
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*1 Bible contrasts FLAX/BARLEY which were smitten by
   hail vs WHEAT/SPELT which was not smitten

*2 Bible contrasts FLAX/BARLEY which were smitten by
   hail vs WHEAT/SPELT which was not smitten

*3 From the contrast we infer that
   - DARK grain means UNBUDDED grain

   Radack further explains that unbudded grain lies in the
   DARK in the soil *10

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*10  Rashi cites a dissenting opinion.

     According to Ex09-25 the hail
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     Struck ALL herbage
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     The emphasis suggests that even unbudded herbage was
     stricken.

     Therefore this dissenting view regards the non
     smiting of WHEAT and SPELT as something miraculous

     Here the root Aleph-Pay-Lamed is seen as coming
     from the root Pay-Lamed meaning MIRACLE. We do
     not further pursue this here except to say that
     we have a whole section devoted to roots beginning
     with aleph  for example LIST910j.
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