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THE GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL STYLE RULE |
BACKGROUND
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One of the 6 major Rashi functions is to indicate Biblical STYLE
STYLE governs whether verses are interpreted BROADLY or LITERALLY
REFERENCES
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-The 6 Rashi goals: http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm
-Rabbi Ishmael styles: http://www.RashiYomi.com/ishmael.htm
-Rabbi Ishmael download: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/download.htm
THE TEXT-Ex07-19
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God told Moses to bring the plague of blood on
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--On Egyptian water bodies GENERAL STATEMENT
------on rivers, canals, ponds EXAMPLES
--On All Water bodies GENERAL
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THE RASHI
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Rabbi Ishmael requires sentences using a
GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style to be GENERALIZED
So the verse doesnt mean to smite ONLY the rivers
canals and ponds; rather it means to smite ANY water body
like them--this includes resevoirs and bottled water *6
THE LISTS
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Here is the LIST of clauses in the verse.
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| TEXT of EX07-19 |
TYPE OF CLAUSE |
| God told Aaron to waive his stick |
Introduction |
| on Egyptian waters |
GENERAL WATER BODY |
| ----[whether*1] rivers*5 |
EXAMPLE of WATER BODY |
| ----[or *1] canals *5 |
EXAMPLE of WATER BODY |
| ----[or *1] ponds*4 *5 |
EXAMPLE of WATER BODY |
| on all Water Gatherings |
GENERAL water Body |
| and it will become blood |
What will happen |
| There-ll be blood in all*2 Egypt |
What will happen |
| EVEN*1 in the wood &stone[utensils]*3 |
What will happen |
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COMMENTS |
*1 We have inserted various CAPPED elliptical words. E.g.
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on Egyptian waters WHETHER rivers OR canals..EVEN utensils
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These insertions help suggest that the verse generalizes
to ALL water bodies
*2 The CAPPED Biblical word, ALL---
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smite ALL egyptian waters
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provides an alternative and supportive defense for
GENERALIZATION: ALL Egyptian waters (not just rivers)
turned to blood. See
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/words.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/all-18.htm
*3 Rashi interprets WOOD and STONE to mean WOOD and STONE
UTENSILS. There are many utensils that are similarly
named by their SUBSTANCE-- what they are made of:
e.g. (eye) glasses, (drinking) glasses, linoleum(floors)
See http://www.RashiYomi.Com/naming-8.htm
*4 Rashi in 4 places translates AGAM or SOOF as pond
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VERSE WORD MEANS RASHIS COMMENTS ON POND(Ex13-18b)
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Ex07-19c AGaM*2 Pond*1 Place where REEDS Grow(Reeds Suck water)
Ex02-03d SooF*3 Pond*1 Place where REEDS Grow(Reeds Suck water
Gn41-02b AChu*4 Pond*1 Place where REEDS Grow(reed Thicket(ACH))
Ex13-18b Soof Pond*1 Place where REEDS Grow(Reeds Suck water)
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Note that this etymology can be explained in 3 stages
-- Both Soof and GooMah mean TO ADD(SOF)/ALSO(GAM)
-- Both Soof and GooMaH mens REEDS(Plant shoots ADDING water)
-- Hence both SooF and GooMaH mean POND/MARSH
*5 The Rashis on Ex07-19b Ex07-19c and Ex07-19d explain that
NAHAR, YEOR and AGAM mean RIVER, CANAL and MARSH respectively
The etymology of AGAM is explained in footnote #4. The
etymology of YEOR, CANAL, can be traced back to 2C32-28
which shows that the root ALEPH-VUV-RESH means VEGETABLES
Hence a CANAL (Yud-ALEPH-RESH) would refer to a CANAL
that is used to WATER GARDENS where vegetables grow.
*6 In the 3rd unit of this series we use the QUINE FORMAL
LOGIC rules to show that the proper generalization is
to ANY BODY OF WATER, whether MAN-MADE(like a canal)
or NATURAL(Like a river), whether from a SOURCE(like
a river), or CLOSED( like a pond). Hence it is a
legitimate act of logic to generalize this verse to ANY
water collection including RESEVOIRS and BOTTLED WATER
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