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VERSE: Gn14-23b

========================== Gn14-23b ==================================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi sometimes makes inferences from WORD MEANINGS and GRAMMAR
However Rashi can equally make inferences from OVERALL
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE. Rashi frequently uses REPEATING KEYWORDS
to emphasize a BULLET-LIKE affect which hilights structure.

EXAMPLE Gn14-23b
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The Biblical text is discussing results of a war. The text states
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- IF [I take] from a thread to a shoelace
- IF I take anything from you
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Notice the repeating KEYWORD--IF. The repeating
Keyword functions as a BULLET marker. It is as if
the text read
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If I take
- a THREAD or SHOELACE
- ANYTHING
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That is the Bible uses REPEATING KEYWORDS when it wishes to
indicate bullets.

The use of bullets in turn suggests a SEPARATE EMPHASIS on
each item
- if I take THREADS or SHOELACES from war booty
- if I take PERSONAL PAY from you

Here the exegesis is NOT based on the extra words  but
rather the exegesis is based on the BULLET structure. It
is the bullet structure which suggests SEPARATE & DISTINCT
emphasii.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      BULLETING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW                LIST107b
List of clauses in       Gn14-23b--I wont take a)Booty b)Payment
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========================== LIST107b ==================================
List of clauses in       Gn14-23b--I wont take a)Booty b)Payment
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BULLET    PHRASE1           PHRASE2                        THIS MEANS
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I swear   '                 '                              '
IF        [I will take]     From a thread to a shoelace    BOOTY
IF         I will take      anything                       PAYMENT

NOTES
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*1 This phrase is elliptical (It is not in text but is implied
   by the parallel phrase in the next stanza)

*2 The interpretation of SHOELACE=BOOTY, ANYTHING=PAYMENT
   emanates not from the extra words but rather from the
   BULLET structure. It is the BULLET structure in and of
   itself which suggests a SEPARATE and DISTINCT emphasis
   to each stanza of the verse.

   Hence since we are discussing war we interpret the first
   phrase as referring to BOOTY while the second phrase refers
   to PAYMENT.
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