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VERSE: Ex32-01b

RASHIS COVERED: Ex32-01b Gn29-27b  Gn20-13b  Gn11-07a
                Gn01-26b Gn35-07b  Gn21-07c  Ex32-01b

========================= Ex32-01b =============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY:
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One of Rashi's 10 major goals is the explanation of GRAMMAR
the same way modern textbooks explain GRAMMAR. There are three
major GRAMMAR submethods:

(a) The goal of the ROOT submethod is to explain all
conjugations and meanings of Biblical roots.
Biblical roots are conjugated with letter prefixes and suffixes
to indicate (i) tense (ii) person (iii) gender (iv) plurality
(v) mode (vi) object (to whom the activity is done) and (vii)
mood. Each of these conjugations has a specific meaning.
Furthermore, these conjugations take on different forms for
roots with weak letters.

(b) The SENTENCE submethod deals with grammatical attributes
of sentences such as (i) word arrangement (Verb Subject vs
Subject Verb) (ii) sentence type  (interrogative, command)
(iii) compound sentences (iv) apposition and (v)
paragraph / sentence development.

(c) The MISCELLANEOUS grammatical methods deal with
(i) agreement (in gender and plurality), (ii) the construct
(iii) pronoun reference (iv) ellipsis (v) noun-verb transforms
(e.g. to dust) (vi) special word usage(e.g. how to use
numbers) (vii) suffix-prefixes (e.g. terminal HEY means
towards).

EXAMPLE 1: Gn29-27b
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In Gn29-27 there is discussion of allowing
Jacob to marry Leah. Laban consents to Jacob
working another 7 years to obtain Leah. He could
not marry her at first because the town custom is
to marry off the younger daughter first. Gn29-27 states
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Work 7 more years
and WE [that is I, Laban] will give you Leah
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   The plural in these verses refers to ONE PERSON
   who however is referred to in the plural...
   The idea of a PLURAL reference to a SINGULAR person
   is that the person does not act by himself but rather
   consults with their STAFF.

   For example when Laban said WE WILL GIVE YOU LEAH
   even though it means I (LABAN) WILL GIVE YOU LEAH,
   the PLURAL WE refers to Laban's staff with whom
   he consulted.

   We colloquially refer to this as the ROYAL WE.

EXAMPLE 2: Ex32-01b
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There are exceptions were the PLURAL is used
when we expect a singular AND there is no ROYAL
we. For example, in the discussion of building
the Golden calf we read in Ex32-01
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We want to make an idolatrous godS
who will WALK (Plural) before us
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There is no justification of the ROYAL WE
here. Hence the Rashi
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Even though they made one golden idol
they nevertheless wanted MANY idols--
a pantheon of godS which would guide them
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LIST003d below contains several verses
where the ROYAL WE is used.Exception verses
are also presented.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      PLURAL-SINGULAR
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST003d
List of verses using     the ROYAL WE
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===================== LIST003d =================================
List of verses using     the ROYAL WE
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Gn29-27b  And WE(Laban) will give you Leah*1
Gn20-13b  When God made me (plural) wander*1
Gn39-20   And the master(s) of Joseph took him*1
Gn42-30   The master(s) of the land spoke harshly with us*1
Gn11-07a  Let Us Go Down*1
Gn01-26b  Let US Make Man*1
Gn35-07b  God(s) revealed Himself*1
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Gn21-07c  Sarah nursed many children *2
Ex32-01b  We want GOD(S) to GUIDE(Plural) us*2

NOTES
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*1 The plural in these verses refers to ONE PERSON
   who however is referred to in the plural...
   The idea of a PLURAL reference to a SINGULAR person
   is that the person does not act by himself but rather
   consults with their STAFF.

   For example when Laban said WE WILL GIVE YOU LEAH
   even though it means I (LABAN) WILL GIVE YOU LEAH,
   the PLURAL WE refers to Laban's staff with whom
   he consulted.

*2 There is no ROYAL WE in these verses...hence
   we interpret the PLURAL literally
   - Sarah nursed MANY children...so besides Isaac
   she nursed the other children who came

   - we want godS to GUIDE(plural) us...so they didn't
   want one idolatrous god but many gods
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