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VERSE: Ex29-26a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex29-26a Ex30-04a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis main goals is to explain word meaning the same
way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety of
vehicles by which to explain meaning
EXAMPLE Ex29-26a--Inferring meaning from verses
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The Hebrew root Nun-Pay means TO WAIVE
EXAMPLE Ex30-04a--2-3 WORD IDIOMS
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Tzade-Lamed-Ayin normally means SIDE and can e.g. refer to
the RIBS. The phrase SIDE OF SIDES therefore would be an
idiom referring to the CORNER (i.e. the corner is on the
side of the side)
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS WORD MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST802f
List of verses where Nun-Pay means TO WAIVE
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST854z
List of 2-3 word Biblical idioms
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List of verses where Nun-Pay means TO WAIVE
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH nun-pay TRANSLATED AS waive
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2K05-11 I thought he would come out and WAIVE his hands
Ex30-04a Moses WAIVES the right thigh and Matzohs
Is10-15 Can a saw cut the person who WAIVES it *1
Is13-02 WAIVE a hand;(invite) The rich (to) come
Is10-32 He shall WAIVE his hand against Zion/Jerusalem*2
NOTES
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*1 The Nun-Pay more precisely means TO AND FRO motion
as in a SAWING motion
*2 A metaphor for thinking it easy to conquer.
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A List of Biblical idioms..eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY
LIST854z continues LIST854d
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VERSE BIBLICAL PHRASE TRANSLATION NOTES
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Ex30-04a SIDE OF SIDES Corner *6
Ex14-05b CHANGE OF HEART Changed his mind
Gn43-29a FIND GRACE Wish(ed) you well *5
Gn24-57a ASK HER MOUTH Discuss/get opinions *4
Ex12-06d BETWEEN THE EVES NOON *3
Gn37-03a SON OF OLD AGE Youngest *1
Gn37-26b COVER BLOOD Conceal murder *2
Ex21-21a DAY OR DAYS 24 hours
Lv13-39a DULL WHITE DULL WHITE
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*1 Rashi points out 3 equally possible meanings
- Youngest son (Son born while father was ELDERLY)
- Wisest son (ELDER=WISDOM)
- Son who resembles father (despite old age he still
looks like son)
*2 This is an example of a DOUBLE METONOMY
Blood is ASSOCIATED with life and COVER is
associated with denial. Hence COVER-BLOOD=conceal-murder
*3 NOON is the midpoint between EVE and DAWN. Hence
NOON is the BETWEEN THE EVES.
*4 The context is the proposed marriage of 15 year old
Rivkah to Isaac from another country. The offer had
been made by the servant of Abraham to Rivkahs family
The Biblical text states: Let us(her parents)
ASK HER MOUTH
This is the ONLY time in the Bible that this
phrase occurs(The verb ASK occurs frequently).
Apparently this phrase means
- Lets DISCUSS or LETS GET AN OPINION*10
Such an interpretation is appropriate for a marriage
decision
*5 FIND-GRACE can equally mean I WISH YOU WELL or
YOU WERE WISHED WELL. Rashi points out that GRACE
by itself has this same connotation (Without the
full phrase FIND GRACE). See LIST854g for further
details
*6 Tzade-Lamed-Ayin means SIDE (and hence can refer
to the RIBS). Thus Ex30-04 speaks about the SIDE
OF SIDES--that is the CORNER.
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*10 Hence the Rashi on Gn24-57b: The Biblical text
states that Rivkah responded: I WILL GO.
But Rashi, surprisingly states: I WILL GO WHETHER
YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
Why did Rashi read such an emphasis into the simple
question and answer
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PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
RIVKAH: I will go.
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The answer is that the Bible says
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PARENTS: We will DISCUSS THE MATTER with her;
get her opinion
PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
RIVKAH: I will go.
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Thus the context shows that Rivkah was not
INTERESTED IN A DISCUSSION--she had already
made up her mind
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