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VERSE: Gn18-07b

RULE: The Hebrew word N-A-R means TRAINEE.*1 Hence it can
mean teenager or servant, people involved in training.
On each verse with the word N-A-R=TRAINEE, Rashi attempts
to guess who was the most likely person being trained.

EXAMPLES (Rashis guess on who was being trained is in CAPS)
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(1) Gn18-7b And Abraham gave the food to the lad (ISHMAEL)
(2) Gn22-03c & His 2 lads were with him (ISHAMEL,ELIEZER)
(3) Nu11-27a And the lad(GERSHOM) ran & told Moses
(4) Ex24-05a And the lads (FIRST BORN) offered sacrifices


NOTES
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*1 The fundamental unified meaning of the Hebrew root N-A-R
is VIGOROUSLY SHAKE. Hence we have the following meanings


MEANING         VERSE    TEXT
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Winnow/shake    Isa33-15 He who SHAKES his hand from bribery
Winnow/shake    2-14-27  & God DUSTED OFF Egypt into the sea*3
Chills/Seizures Job36-14 May they die with Chills & Seizures *5
Brey/Roar       Jer51-38 They ROARED like lions *2


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 The concept TRAINEE comes from viewing the trainee
 as "removing rough spots"--"shaking off the dust"--
 "becoming polished" *4
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Grow up         1Sam1-24 And the lad (Samuel) had GROWN UP
Lad             1Sam1-24 Someone who is GROWING UP
Servant         1-37-2   And Joseph SERVED Bilhah's children


*2 When a lion breys it vigorously shakes its mane


*3 I think the picture is that God threw Egypt into the sea
the way a housewife shakes off the dust of a blanket.


*4 Seeing the unifying meaning of N-A-R is not necessary
to understand the Rashi. All that is necessary is to know
that N-A-R bascially means TRAINEE not SON

*5 A controversial verse---but the meaning CHILLS, SEIZURES
makes the most sense
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