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VERSE: Gn15-02c

======================== Gn15-02c ============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain meaning the same
way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety
of vehicles to explain meaning. Rashi would explain the
meaning of 4 letter roots as emanating from the sum of
meaning of each of its constituent 2 letter roots.

EXAMPLE Gn15-02c
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- The Hebrew root DM$Q = FOLLOWER =
- RESEMBLES (dm) and DESIRES($K) me

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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      2-4 LETTER ROOTS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST910h
List of                  4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots
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=========================== LIST910h =======================
List of 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots
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4 LETTER ROOT MEANING      1st 2 LETTERS   LAST 2 LETTERS
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DM$Q          Follower     Resemble me     Desire me
ChiDeKeL*9    Cold Rapids  Sharp           Light
DuChiFath     Enough Handl Enough(DAI)     KAPH(Handles)*9
YeHoShuA*8    God will Sav God (YAH)       Will Save(SHA)
AVRAYCH*1*4   Good leader  Father          Gentle/soft
MMZR*1        Illegitimate Blemished       (From a)Stranger
ARAL          Angel        Lion (of)       God
BLAD          Except       Without (BLi)   Others
BRZL          Iron         Strong (BRi)    Branch (ZLZL)
ZLAF          Fright       Worthless       (and) Fatigued*3
SRAF          Branches     A Pot (ie nest) (for) Birds *2
PANAYACH      Insightful   Brings out(POA) The Hidden(NAX)*5
ChachLiL      Intoxicating Swirling(LL)    the palate(XC)*6
SnaPir        Fish fins    Shrub like(SN)  used to fly*7

NOTES:
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*1 There are two approaches to 4 letter roots. Sometimes we
try and see them as 2 two letter roots and sometimes we try
and see them as a 3 letter root with an extra letter. Thus
ASTR is explained in the Talmud as ASR. Rav Hirsch stuck to
the 3 letter approach even in obvious cases--thus he takes
MMZR from MZR a rare word in Job.

Similarly Rashi cites a controversy on AVRAYCH:
-- A double 2 letter approach would yield:
   AVRAYCH=Gentle(Rc) Father(Av)
-- A 3 letter approach would yield:
   AVRAYCH=Kneel (Brch) to me (Aleph)


*2 Note the poetic lisence in e.g.
     SRAF =  BIRD(AF) POT (SiR)= Something for Bird nests
This type of small poetic lisence is common in etymologies
and makes their study difficult

*3  Note the finer nuances in some translations. For example ZLAF
occurs rarely in TNACH and its meaning is inferred from its
context. The RDQ in his book of ROOTS says its meaning is SOME
TYPE OF FRIGHT....this could go well with the verse cited by
RDK: "fright has overtaken me"

But perhaps a BETTER translation is
feeling worthless and tired So that the verse with
ZLAF would mean WORTHLESSNESS & FATIGUE HAS OVERTAKEN ME
Then again perhaps there is no way to see which translation
is better

*4 Rashi Gn41-43b

*5 Rashi Gn41-45

*6 Rashi Gn49-12a

*7 The following may help:
   - PRCh means to FLY; in connection with fish it could
   refer to swimming throughout the water

   - SN can mean THORNBUSH or BRANCHES (Songs07-09). I
   therefore suggest it means SHRUB like.

   So SN-PR would refer to SHRUB-LIKE(SN) protrusions by
   which a fish FLYES (PR) - SNPR.

*8 Rashi Nu13-16a

*9 The reference is to a bird with a DOUBLE CROP. Since DU in
   ARAMAIC means TWO it appears that Rashi is saying
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   DuChiFath = Double(DU) Handle(Caph)=Double CRop
   -------------------------------------------------

   However we think it preferable that Rashi used Hebrew roots
   to explain Hebrew words(Provided simple exaplanations exist)
   Hence we read Rashi as saying
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   DuChiFath = ENOUGH (Dai) Handles(CAPH)
   --------------------------------------

   Thus the word does not DIRECTLY mean DOUBLE CROP. Rather
   the essential meaning of the word is ENOUGH HANDLES. The
   method by which this particular bird implements this
   ENOUGHNESS is thru use of the DOUBLE CROP.

*10 Rashi Gn02-14a Chid-Kel are the SHARP-LIGHT cold river
    rapids.
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