The 7 meanings of FILL:#1 of 4
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OVERVIEW:
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RULE:
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The Hebrew verb >MEM-LAMED-ALEPH< has a fundametal meaning of
>FILL<.

From this fundamental meaning we derive 5 other meanings,
such as >FULL PRICE<, >FULL OF WISDOM<. Both English and Hebrew
used the word >FULL< idiomatically.

We now present the 6 meanings with supporting verses from
RADACK, BOOK OF ROOTS and from Rashis.



MEANING 1
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  >Mem-Lamed-Aleph< can mean >SPATIALLY FILL< as in
  1K18-34 >FILL< 4 pails with water<
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TODAYS UNIT
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In todays unit we start off easily, with a meaning of
>Mem-Lamed-Aleph< which means to spatially fill. It
turns out that >Mem-Lamed-Aleph< can refer to Jewelery.
Read below to find out why.




REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following digest in the
Rashi-is-Simple series

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h8n20.htm

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We now review the 6 meanings of >MEM-LAMED-ALEPH<


EXAMPLES
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MEANING 2
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  >Mem-Lamed-Aleph< can refer to Jewelry skills since
  Jewelers must know how to produce and >FILL< special
  jewelry settings with Jewels(Both RADACK and Rashi
  cite this explanation of the JEWEL-FILL connection)
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EXAMPLE #: VERSE    TEXT OR PHRASE WITH WORD FILLED
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EXAMPLE 1: Ex25-07b FILLING stones(ie JEWELED stones)
EXAMPLE 2: Ex28-17a FILLING stones(ie JEWELED stones)
EXAMPLE 3: Ex31-05b He had wisdom in FILLING stones

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