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VERSE: Ex25-05a

============= MeADAM=DIED RED; ADooM=NATUARLLY RED ==============

BACKGROUND
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to indicate Grammatical conjugation
Rashi pays particular emphasis on rare grammatical conjugations
that might be overlooked.

REFERENCES
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The 6 Rashi goals:  http://www.RashiYomi.Com/rules-01.htm

THE PARTICIPLE FORM
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When you want to indicate that an object has an attribute
you use the PARTICIPLE form which is typically characterized
by an O-O sound (SHOROOK).

THE LIST
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The LIST below gives typical examples. Thus GNAV means to STEAL
while GANOOV means STOLEN.*1

THE RASHI
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Ah--we now understand Rashi on Ex25-05a. The Hebrew form
is MeADaMiM which does not occur in ANY conjugation list.

For example Al Silberman in his Grammatical Form Konkordance
Form, 1463, points out THIS IS AN ABNORMAL CONJUGATION.
I would suggest that it is a HAFAL form (With the punctuation
of the first two letters switched)*2.

Is01-18 shows the CAUSATIVE HIFIL FORM--[If your sins are
REDDENED then we will WHITEN them]. Hence Ex25-05 would be
the HAFAL, or PASSIVE CAUSATIVE form and would refer to
skins that are DIED RED.

In fact this is Rashis point. The participle ADOOM refers
to an object that is NATURALLY red (eg Nu19-02) while
MeADAM refers to an object that is DIED red!

Here is the list *13
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VERSE    ROOT  MEANING             ADJECTIV MEANING-ADJECTIVE
======== ===== =================== ======== =====================
Gn30-34  GNV   To steal            GaNooV   Stolen
Nu32-30  CLTz  To draw  a sword    CaLooTz  Armed (Sword-drawn)
Is22-18  BDR   To bundle*12        CaDoor   Ball(Bundled object)
Ho13-08  SChL  Bereft of children  ShaCooL  Bereft
2R03-22  ADM   To redden           ADoom    Red

NOTES
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*1 Some of these forms apply to NOUNS while others apply to
   adjectives. My point is that the SHOROOK sound indicates
   an ATTRIBUTE*10


*2 Al suggests that MeADAM is a rare PUAL form and should be
   MeOODamim (as Isa9-15). *11


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

*10 All these forms occur in standard references. E.g. see
    the appendix to the Ibn Shoshan Dictionary, Volume 5
    Nouns Forms 65,66,67 Adjective Forms 20,22

*11 Both Al and my suggestion require several changes.

    Al changes the SHVA of the ALEPH to SHOROOK
    AL changes the DALET to a Doubled letter(Dagesh chazak)
    Thus MeADAM becomes MeOODam

    I change the SHVA of MEM to a KAMATZ
    I change the KAMATZ KOTON of Aleph to a KAMATZ
    I remove the DOUBLING of the Dalet
    Thus MaADaM becomes MeADaM

    Semantically however my suggestion is consistent with
    the nuance of DIEING RED vs NATURALLY RED and is
    therefore preferred

*12 There is no verb CADOOR to bundle, in Tenach. Rather
    only the NOUN form, CADOOR ball appears.

    The reader may hold this and the above list is still
    valid. It shows that the PARTICIPLE FORM characterized
    by a SHOROOK (OO sound) is used to indicate an ATTRIBUTE

    Nevertheless it would seem reasonable that the etymology
    of KADOOR is KA(like) a BONFIRE (DOOR) and would refer
    to the ACT of BUNDLING a collection of logs together.
    The noun form BALL would then refer to something
    BUNDLED UP

    The actual word Ball only occurs twice in the Bible
    and in each case one can HEAR the pun(BALL-BUNDLE).
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  Is22-18 God will BUNDLE you like a bundled BALL on open ground
  Is29-03 God will CAMP AGAINST you LIKE a BALL (of BONFIRE)
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  I am indebted to my High School Tenach teacher, Rabbi Amnon
  Haramati for pointing out to us Isiahs skillful use of Puns.
  (However like a good student I will have to take full
  responsibility for this one)

*13 Note that this Rashi appears GRAMMATICAL SOUND AND MATURE
    It does not appear Midrashic or far-fetched.

    But Rashi here is focusing on minutae(ADOOM vs MeADAM)
    Why then does Rashi appear sound? Because it can be
    defended by a grammatical database.

    In a similar mannar the goal of this whole Rashi project
    is to defend all Rashis by databases. Thus in a certain
    sense this Rashi is the archetype of what we are doing
    on this list
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