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VERSE: Ex10-03a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex21-10e Ex15-21a Ex10-03a Nu12-03a
============= Ayin-Nun-Hay means ANSWER TORTURE ================
BACKGROUND
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This posting explains the root Ayin-Nun-Hay. Hebrew language
is based on 3 letter roots which are then conjugated according
to person, gender, plurality, time and mode. Ayin-Nun-Hay as
11 meanings
THE UNIFIED MEANING
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The primary meaning is TO RESPOND TO A SITUATION
This can be positive, TO ANSWER, or negative, MAKE SOMEONE ANSWER
TO ME
THE RASHIS and RADACK
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The Radack gives 10 meanings in his book roots. Rashi gives
4 of these meanings. From each primary meanings we get secondary
meanings. For example from RESPOND we get
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RESPOND:--ANSWER,INTIMACY, RESPONSE,TESTIFY,REFRAIN,WATCH
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From MAKE ANSWER TO ME we get
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MAKE ANSWER TO ME:--HUMILIATE,POOR,RAPE,FAST, HUMBLE
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Exact details are given below. Here is the list
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH ROOT ayin-nun-hey
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1King18-21 No one ANSWERED them
Job3-2 Job RESPONDED to the situation*1 (by complaining)
Ex21-10e The womans INTIMACY (Her RESPONSIVENESS*11)
Ex15-21a Miriam REFRAINED to the women*2 *10
Dt19-18 He TESTIFIED*6 falsely against his friend
Eccl2-23 Gods PROVIDENCE over him makes him MAD*12
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Ex10-03a*3 How long will you refuse to HUMILIATE yourself to me
Isa41-17 The POOR (the HUMILIATED!)*4
Gn34-02 Schem RAPED (HUMILIATED) Dinah*4
Ezra9-5 I arose from my FAST (my HUMILIATION!)
Nu12-03a Moses was very HUMBLE*5
NOTES
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*1 Radack simply says that
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The word ANSWER doesnt necessarily imply
that a person is 2nd in speech
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Hence I have interpreted Job3-2 as
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JOB RESPONDED(commented) TO HIS TERRIBLE SITUATION
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Many of the other meanings are also more closely translated
as RESPONDING TO A SITUATION (rather than RESPONDING
to a verbal request)
*2 As Rashi says
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Moses/Miriam stated SONG VERSES to the men/women
and they repeated (in other words they used a
REFRAIN format of song which was initiated by Moses/Miriam)
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*3 Many of these usages are interpreted as TORTURED.
The line between TORTURED and HUMILITATED is thin.
Since our goal is to present a unified meaning I
have translated these verses as HUMILIATED.
*4 Radack doesnt bring it separately but INAH can also
mean RAPE (an act distinguished by its HUMILIATION)*11
I suppose Radack doesnt consider Hebrew to have a
separate word for Rape. Rather, Hebrew says
THE WOMEN WAS HUMILIATED and we understand this to
mean RAPE.
*5 HUMBLE is praiseworthy. HUMILIATED is derogatory
*6 Testimony is a RESPONSE to a COURT SUPENA.
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*10 Rashi on interprets Dt26-05a as
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You will SAY LOUDLY before God
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Radack interprets similarly.
In other words both Rashi and Radack have a nuance of
ANH as RAISING ONES VOICE.
I however interpret these verses as meaning either
- to RESPOND to a situation
- to REFRAIN
Thus in JOB3-2 Job was not just raising his voice,
but rather Job was RESPONDING/COMMENTING on his horrible
situation of losing his family.
Similarly in Dt26-05, the person bringing firstfruit is
not legally required to RAISE HIS VOICE but rather he
is required to REFRAIN (say the known phrases) the
verses of thanksgiving contained in Dt26-05 (These verses
were stated every year by every person bringing first
fruit and hence can legitimately be called a refrain)
*11 The word ONAH -- refers to marital relations
and would refer to a married womens RESPONSIVENESS.
Technically, the root of RESPONSIVENESS is Ayin-Vuv-Nun
while the root of RAPE is Ayin-Nun-Hay.
Compare the English RESPONSIVENESS for Martial Relations
vs the English MADE HER ANSWER TO ME for Rape.
It would seem logical that Ayin-Vuv-Nun is a less intense
form of the ANSWER theme then the Ayin-Nun-hey form.
*12 There are a variety of verses here which Radack interprets
in the classical Talmudic nuance of MATTER. Thus e.g.
Ecc2-23 would mean that THIS PERSONS MATTERS PROVOKE ANGER
However this is too general a translation. Radack cites
Rav Yonah, a contemporary grammarian, who translates
all these verses and several others as referring to
GODS DIVINE PROVIDENCE OVER MAN (that is how God
RESPONDS to the human situation).
These verses are all very abstract and it would take
us too far afield to analyze all of them here. Suffice
it to say that the bottom line is that these verse are
difficult but the best translation seems to be PROVIDENCE---
Gods RESPONSE to the human situation
To recap Ecc2-23 speaks about how GODS PROVIDENCE AND
RESPONSE TO THE HUMAN SITUATION MAKES PEOPLE ANGRY & MAD
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