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VERSE: Ex25-04a

RULE: Objects can be NAMED by the properties they have. *1 *5



EXAMPLES
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(1) REVOLVER is a gun with a REVOLVING cylinder
(2) The STAND is furniture on which you STAND stings
(3) The FLOPPY is a disk you can FLOP around (unlike a hard drive)
(4) A TIE is a garment that you wear by TIEING it
(5) The SWEATER is that garment which makes you sweat
(6) A LAPTOP is that computer that you can hold in your lap
(7) A ROCKER is that chair that rocks when you sit on it
(8) A TOY GUN is a TOY that LOOKS like a GUN (but is not a gun)*5
(9)BATHROOM is a room where people stand NAKED *5
(10)A SKYSCRAPER looks like it is SCRAPING the SKY*5
(11)The BREAKFAST meal, BREAKS your FAST after an entire evening
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Here are some examples from Rashi

(9)  "BLUE" is thread died BLUE (Ex25-04a)
(10) "RED" is thread died RED (Ex25-04b)
(11) "SPACIOUS" ties are most probably RIBBONS*2 *3 (Ex28-14a)
(12) "SEDUCE" is an attractive dress worn by
        woman to interest husbands*4 (Gn49-11d)
(13)  "POUND" refers to a DRUM or Cymbal (Ex15-20c)
(14) "FIRST" is the "PRINCIPLE" (Lv05-24a) part of the
     investment; while the interest is derivative (or 2ndary)
(15) NFH CHAYAH (living soul) refers to the LIFE FORCE
        of an animal or person(Gn01-20a, Gn02-21b, Gn01-24b)*6
(16) NISHMAT CHAYIIM, SOUL OF LIFE refers exclusively to man*6
     Gn02-07d *7

NOTES
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*1 In the examples above the PROPERTY is mentioned but not
   the general class it comes from.

   So the REVOLVER mentions REVOLVING but not a GUN.
   The STAND mentions STANDING but not FURNITURE.
   The FLOPPY mentions FLOPPINESS but not the DISK
   The TIE mentions TIEING but not the fact that it is a GARMENT

*2 ie RIBBONS are belts that are SPACIOUS.
   Note that interpreting the roots Sh-R as spacious is controversial
   and the subject of dispute between Rashi and RDK in many verses.
   Some sample verses where sh-r means spacious are

   Isa33-09 The SH-R-ON---a spacious meadow prarie
   Job37-03 "the lightning afterflash FILLS (SH-R) the sky"
   Jer05-26 "They SCAN broad terrains waiting to ambush people"

*3 In the main posting we eg review verses showing that
   RED was a royal color We also review the controversy between
   Rashi & Radack on the meaning of the root Sh-R-R

*4 SEDUCE occurs once in the Bible.


*5 In the examples above the thing named doesn't ALWAYS have
   the property associated with it (It only has to be INDICATIVE
   of the object named)

   So a TOY GUN need not be a GUN
   You don't necessarily have BATHS in bathrooms
   SKYSCRAPERS do not have to SCAPE the sky
   You don't have to "FAST" before BREAKFAST (Which breaks your fast)


*6 Rashi on Gn01-20a, Gn02-21b, Gn01-24b. Only on Gn02-07d
   do we have the additional term  SOUL OF LIFE which refers
   exclusively to man


*7 We might also mention Ex25-04b, the  TCHASH refers to MULTICOLORED
animal skins (from special animals). Apparently the name comes from
CHUSH (fast moving) since a fast moving animal exhibits many
colored patterns). Thus the multi colored TACASH garments "look like"
a fast moving animal.
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