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VERSE: Gn03-24a

RASHIS COVERED: Gn03-24a Gn02-08a Gn11-02a Gn12-08b Gn13-11b
                Gn02-14d Gn04-16c Nu34-15a Ex27-13b Nu02-03a

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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is the explanation of word meaning
the same way a dictionary explains word meaning. One powerful method
of word meaning is METONOMY which explains the meaning of a word
by a RELATED CONCEPT. For example AMERICANS (The people) are named
after AMERICA (The land).

EXAMPLE: Gn03-24a Gn02-08a Gn11-02a Gn12-08b Gn13-11b Gn02-14d
         Gn04-16c Nu24-15a Ex27-13b Nu02-03a
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If you face the sun then the positions of your body are RELATED
to the 4 compass positions.
- your FACE, faces EASTWARD
- your BACK, faces, WESTWARD
- your RIGHT, faces, SOUTHWARD
Hence the words FACE, BACK, RIGHT refer to EAST, WEST, SOUTH
respectively. In a similar manner BEFORE refers to EAST since the
SUN touches the EAST before it touches any other position.

Rashi further explains the various CONJUGATIONS of BEFORE.
- FROM BEFORE = outside on the east
- BEFORE + Hebrew Tauv = East of
- BEFORE EAST = EAST EAST = EasternMost
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST871k
List of relations of     Compass positions-body positions;FACE-EAST...
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SEE BELOW                LIST871L
List of conjugations of  EAST:FROM EAST=outside E;EAST OF,EASTERNMOST
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List of relations of     Compass positions-body positions;FACE-EAST...
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POSITION  NAME         SAMPLE VERSE  TEXT OF VERSE
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EAST      BEFORE/FACE  Ex27-13*1     The EASTERN side
WEST      AFTER/BACK   Jo02-20*1     The WESTERN SEA
SOUTH     RIGHT        So04-16       Arouse North & come SOUTH

NOTES
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*1 Particularly strong proofs come from verses which mention
   opposite directions. For example we have
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   Joel 2:20 Its start to the EAST SEA & its end to the WEST SEA
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or
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   Job 23:8 I cant find God in the EAST or search for him in WEST
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   The words for EAST and WEST in these 2 verses are FACE & BACK.
   These contrasts lend credibility to our thesis*10

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

*10 The verses for these correspondences are presented by the
    Radak in his book of roots.
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======================== LIST871L ====================================
List of conjugations of  EAST:FROM EAST=outside E;EAST OF,EASTERNMOST
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VERSE    FORM USED  Text of verse:Meaning of QDM capped
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Gn03-24a MQDM*1     God posted the Cerubim OUTSIDE of Eden on EAST*11
Gn02-08a MQDM*1     God created a Garden is the EAST OUTSIDE of Eden
Gn11-02a MQDM*1     They journeyed OUTSIDE(AWAY) from the East*12
Gn12-08b MQDM*1     He camped OUTSIDE ON EAST OF BETHEL,in the WEST*13
Gn13-11b MQDM*1     Lot journeyed OUTSIDE OF THE EAST*14
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Gn02-14d QDMT*2     EAST OF Assyria
Gn04-16c QDMT*2     EAST OF Eden*10
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Nu34-15a QDM MZRX*3 2.5 Tribes were on EASTERNMOST part of Israel
Ex27-13b QDM MZRX*3 The EASTERNMOST part of the Sanctuary had the door
Nu02-03a QDM MZRX*3 Judah camped in the EASTERNMOST part of the camp

NOTES
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*1  MQDM = FROM BEFORE = OUTSIDE ON EAST*11


*2 QDM + Tauv = QDMT means EAST OF (or EASTERLY).


*3 QDM MZRX(lit. EAST EAST) means EASTERNMOST. EASTERNMOST is
   used for emphasis when one might think that something else is
   more east. For example

   - The 9.5 tribes inherited Israel. But 2.5 tribes inherited
   EAST of the EAST of Israel in the Transjordan. Hence they
   are EASTERNMOST

   - There was a GATE ENTRANCE to the Sanctuary. I might think
   that the GATE was EAST of the EASTERN part of the Sanctuary.
   Therefore the Biblical text calls the EAST part of the
   Sanctuary the EASTERNMOST part to emphasize that the door
   was part of it.

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

*10 Rashi makes several other comments on this verse (Besides
    the fact that QDM means EAST).

    Rashi points out that Based on the OTHER VERSE, Gn03-24a,
    Rashi shows that
    - Adam, Kayins father, was expelled on the EAST of Eden.
    - The Murder-Refuge cities were in the east.
    Hence, Rashi concludes that, EXPULSIONS happened in the EAST

    Here Rashi uses the DATABASE method. However in this posting
    we are concentrating on the fact that BEFORE=QDM=EAST.

    In passing the REASON why refuge cities are in the EAST is
    because the sun rises in the east and hence the person
    seeking refuge can flee immediately in the morning and not
    be held up by darkness.


*11 We have seen several times in this email group that Rashi may
    comment several times but only once indicate the general principle
    On Gn03-24a Rashi explicitly identifies FROM EAST as meaning
    OUTSIDE on the EAST

*12 Rashi cites an OTHER VERSE---Gn10-30 to prove that they
    originally dwelled in the east and moved away from it.

*13 Rashi here is explaining the possible CONTRADICTION that
    - he camped on the EAST of the City Bethel, but
    - Bethel was on the WEST of Israel.

*14 - Abraham was in BethEl(On the West of Israel)
    - But Israel is to the EAST of the Egypt.
    So the verses point is that Lot journeyed OUTSIDE/AWAY from
    the East of Israel.

    Here too Rashi explains possible CONTRADICTIONS that
    - Lot journey away from Abraham who was on the WEST of Israel
    - Lot went further WEST
    Hence he journeyed from the East.

    Rashi points out that by separating from Israel and going towards
    Egypt Lot separated from spirituality and veered toward Physicality

    Rashi expresses this as a Hebrew pun--however the inference is
    really logical (It is only the expression that is a pun). Rashis
    real point is that Lot left Abrahams spiritual life and journeyed
    to what the verse calls the Fertile valley--an emphasis on the
    physical.
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