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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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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
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*10 The verses for these correspondences are presented by the
Radak in his book of roots.
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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
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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.
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*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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