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VERSE: Ex12-07b

RASHIS COVERED: Ex12-07b Ex12-07c

=========================== Ex12-07b =====================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals was the explanation of meaning
the same way a dictionary explains meaning. We call this
the Rashi METHOD of WORD MEANINGS.

Rashi had 10 vehicles to explain meaning. Rashi would
sometimes explain a word using the specific meaning of
one letter prefixes or 2 letter roots. We call this the
Rashi SUBMETHOD of 2-4 LETTER ROOTS.

A well known principle, ACCEPTED BY ALL HEBREW GRAMMARIANS,
is that the Hebrew letter MEM means the PLACE of.

EXAMPLE: Ex12-07b Ex12-07c DOORPOST, LENTIL
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The Biblical text at Ex12-07b and Ex12-07b
mentions the two Hebrew words
- Mem-Zuz-Vav-Zuz-Hey which means, as Rashi comments, DOORPOST
- Mem-Shin-Kuph-Vav-Pay which means, as Rashi comments, door LENTIL

Notice how both Hebrew words begin with MEM:
Hence we have the following Hebrew etymologies
- ZWZ=move::MZWZH=PLACE OF (MEM) door movement--the doorpost
- $KP=scan::M$QWP=PLACE OF (MEM) scanning--the door lentil

LIST910e below gives further examples of the MEM prefix
meaning PLACE.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      2-4 Letter roots
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST910e
List of words with       Prefix MEM meaning PLACE of
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======================== LIST910e ===============================
List of words with       Prefix MEM meaning PLACE of
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WORD      MEANS   FROM ROOT MEANING    MEANING=PLACE of SOMETHING
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MZWZH     Doorpst Z-W-Z     Move       Doorpost=PLACE of movement
M$QWP     Lentil  $-Q-P     Scan       Lentil=PLACE of scanning
MURAH     CROP    R-A-H     DUNG       Bird Crop=Place of Dung*4
MIKDASH   TEMPLE  KDSH      HOLY       TEMPLE=Place of HoLiness*1
MISHMAR   PRISON  ShMR      WATCH      PRISON=WATCHED place*2
MISHMERET STORAGE ShMR      WATCH      STORAGE=Watched place
MIGDAL    TOWER   GDL       BIG        TOWER=BIG PLACE
MIKRAH    HOLIDAY KRA       Proclaimed HOLIDAY=Proclaimed day*3

NOTES
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*1 Ex25-08a (See Epsteins translation of Rashi who presents
   a similar list)

*2 Ex16-23a

*3 PLACE is in SPACE;
   DAY is in TIME.
   MEM can equally mean a PLACE of
   something or a TIME of something.

*4 Lv01-16a
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