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VERSE: Gn19-09b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn19-09b Gn42-27a Nu16-22b
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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To Yossi Zoimen who pointed out to me the Radack on the
letter HEY. This led me to formulate a new grammar rule.
This new grammar rule helps me correct previous explanations
posted at the following urls: The Rashi on Gn42-27a in
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http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n19.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/dt07-07b.htm
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as well as Nu16-22b in
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http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu16-22b.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h10n19.htm
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Thus I will correct erroneous statements made to Yossi and
Rabbi Boncheck.
=================== 3 MEANINGS OF HEY=THE =======================
We use here the Rashi rule of GRAMMAR.
RADACK wrote a Grammar book. The first part deals with the
conjugations of verbs in all modes. The second part begins
with the usage of Hebrew prefix letters.
Based on the examples the Radack presents we infer 3 meanings
of the letter Hey as prefix
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THE - Points to a SPECIFIC object
A / SOMEONE - Points to ANY object
ONE OF THESE - Points to a SPECIFIC group, ANY member
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Corresponding to these 3 MEANINGS we have 3 USAGES of HEY
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The word THE ONE means someone (as can be seen in the list below)
A special use of HEY occurs when there is a NOUN-ADJECTIVE pair.
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-If HEY is placed before BOTH the noun & adjective it means THE
For example Gn01-16 THE TWO GREAT LIGHTS (SUN & MOON). In this
case HEY means THE because we point to one set
-If HEY is placed before the NOUN but not before the adjective
it means ONE OF THESE. That is we refer to a SPECIFIC GROUP
but chose A RANDOM MEMBER OF THAT GROUP The simplest example
occurs in Gn19-33
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and they gave their father wine to get drunk by. On ONE OF
THESE NIGHTS (BALaylah HU vs BALaylah HHu) when he got
drunk the eldest daughter came and slept with him
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This reads better than the translation ON THAT NIGHT SHE SLEPT
WITH HIM. Indeed, one doesnt commit incense from one bout
of drunkedenss! But over a prolonged period one may let
down their defenses.
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Using this grammar rule from Radack we now present a LIST
with two parts: One part uses the phrase THE ONE meaning
SOMEONE while the other LIST uses NOUN-ADJECTIVE pairs
and is translated as ONE OF THESE. This rule
from Radack will enable us to understand 3 Rashis
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH the one TRANSLATED AT someone
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Gn19-09b SOME stranger came to live among us & now bosses us*1
Gn42-13 we are 12 children but SOMEONE is missing
Gn42-27a & while SOMEONE was opening his sack he found money *2
2K06-03 And SOMEONE said Please walk with us
2K06-05 while SOMEONE was felling trees with an ax
Ez10-09 A wheel by ONE of THESE Cruvs &another wheel by the 2nd
Nu28-04 ONE OF THESE 2 sheep are offered in morning
Gn19-33 on ONE OF THESE drinking nights she slept with him*3
Jr24-02 ONE OF THESE baskets was filled will good figs*4
Nu16-22b ONE OF THESE people instigated & You are angry with all*5
NOTES
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*1 This Rashi is also supported by the word TO LIVE (GUR) since
GUR has a connotation of a non-citizen. However the emphasis
should equally be SOMEONE CAME TO LIVE HERE AND NOW WANTS
TO JUDGE US
*2 The verse literally says SOMEONE OPENED HIS SACK AND FOUND
his MONEY. The question remains why Rashi identified this
someone with LEVI!!!
I follow Rabbi Bonchecks approach which I previously
disagreed with. Rashi focuses on the fact that LEVI
discovered his money now while the other brothers
discovered their money when they got home (Gn42-35).
The simplest suggestion is that
--Based on Gn34 Shimon and Levi always hung out together
--But Shimon had been imprisoned by Joseph
--So when they returned Levi took both his donkey as well
as Shimons donkey. Consequently Levi was feeding two
donkeys while the other brotheres were feeding one
donkey. Hence Levi discovered the hidden money in his
sack first.(Rabbi Boncheck gave a different explanation)
In summary Rashi was not making a grammatical point but
was rather responding to the situation
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*4 I think the concept of ONE OF THESE is clear in these
examples. You dont commit incest from one bout of
drunkedness. So it was on ONE OF THESE NIGHTS (vs
on THAT NIGHT (when the drinking started)) that the
incest happened. Similarly Jeremiah speaks about
two baskets of figs -- so ONE of THESE had good figs
while the other had bad figs
*5 There were 250 people in the Korach rebellion. Moses
suspected that there was an instigator and the others
followed. Hence his statement in Nu16-22:
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ONLY one of these 250 PEOPLE INSTIGATED. WILL YOU
THEN TAKE IT OUT ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMAR
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