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VERSE: Gn20-07b


======================== Gn20-07b ============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's 10 major methods is the WORD MEANING
method. One WORD MEANING method is the METONOMY
method. METONOMY is the naming of an item by a
RELATED item. For example AMERICA defeated IRAQ
really means the AMERICAN PEOPLE defeated the
IRAQY PEOPLE. Here the LAND America names the
related item, the PEOPLE that reside in AMERICA.

EXAMPLE Gn20-07b
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Gn20-07b discussing God's order
that Avimelech should return
Abraham's wife, Sarah, states
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Now return the man's wife
because HE IS A PROPHET
----------------------------------

Rashi explains the phrase
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HE IS A PROPHET
-------------------------

menotonymically to mean
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HE KNOWS HIS WIFE DID NOT
COMMIT ADULTERY [She did not
consumate the marriage]
----------------------------

In other words Rashi translates
the verse as follows
-----------------------------------
Now return the man's wife
because HE KNOWS THAT SHE
DID NOT CONSUMMATE THE MARRIAGE
----------------------------------

Rashi further clarifies
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Had he thought the marriage was
consumated he would not want her back
-----------------------------

To be more precise this example should
be classified as a METONOMY BY CONTEXT.

LIST871m summarizes this and similar
examples of METONOMY.
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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                LIST871m
List of                  words which mean related items-METONOMY
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======================= LIST871m =================================
List of words which mean related items-METONOMY*10
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VERSE    BIBLICAL PHRASE         TRANSLATION           NOTES
======== ======================= ===================== ===========
Gn20-07b He is a PROPHET         Knows wife no adultry
-------  ---------------------   -------------------   ----------
Gn04-19c RAGS                    Overburdened MOTHER
Gn04-19d SHADE                   SHADY-TEASE-CLOTHES   *6
-------  ---------------------   -------------------   ----------
Gn03-19a SWEAT OF YOUR BROW      HARD WORK
Gn04-10a BLOODS of your brother  your brothers WOUNDS
Dt33-23a NAFTALI satisfied       NAFTALIs PEOPLE/LAND
Lv26-13c Redeem you STANDING     PROUDLY
Lv26-13b break the STICK of yoke break LATCH of yoke
Lv27-03a YOUR-VALUE              Fee Schedule
Lv27-03b YOUR-VALUE              Fee-Schedule
Lv27-08c what his HAND can GRAB  what he can AFFORD
Gn49-26d BREASTS                 Ejaculation
Gn49-26c EJACTULATION and WOMBS  Many happy children
Gn30-35c sheep with WHITE        WHITE PATCHES
Ex30-07b FLAMES of candellabrah  OIL PANS hold flames
Ex27-20a CLEAR OIL               OIL without dregs     *4
Gn30-39a aroused by STICKS       REFLECTION OF STICKS  *11
Ex14-07c FIRST-SECOND-THIRD      PRES-VicePres-Secrtry
Ex22-02b He has BLOOD            Guilty of BLOODSHED
Nu35-27a He doesnt have BLOOD    Not a MURDERER
-------- ----------------------- --------------------- ------------
Dt01-16d court case with GRANARY GRANARY-tenant worker *14
Lv27-02b vow SOUL                vow VALUE OF SOUL
Nu10-28b These are the JOURNEYS  ...JOURNEY SEQUENCES
Nu10-12a Journey BY JOURNEY      BY JOURNEY SEQUENCE
Nu10-34b from their CAMP         From their CAMPINGS
Gn23-04b PLOT OF GRAVE           Burial Plot           *12
Dt25-09a Spit IN FACE            Spit TOWARDS HIM      *1
Lv05-04a Swear by lips           Verbally(Explicitly)  *2
Ex28-08a Belt OF his AYPHOD      Belt USED with AYPHOD *3
Ex28-31a the dress OF AYPHD      Aypohd USED with DRES *3

NOTES
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*1 Cf However Lv15-08a Spit ON Him = Actually spit on him
   The rule seems to be that SPIT ON HIM is literal
   whereas SPIT ON FACE (use of FACE vs FULL PERSON) means
   SPIT TOWARDS HIM

*2 eg If I am angry and mentally curse or if I
   am angry and start ranting and raving without
   however fully articulating everything on my mind
   -- in these two cases I may have sworn IN MY MIND
   but I have not sworn WITH MY LIPS (Explicitly)

*3 Contrast Ex20-03a OTHER GODS=GODS OF OTHER PEOPLE
   vs Ex21-02a JEWISH SLAVE = SLAVE AND JEWISH

   Technically the possessive --OF-- can mean
   - OWNED BY (eg OTHER GODS = gODS of OTHERS)
   - PROPERTY (eg JEWISH SLAVE=SLAVE who is JEWISH)
   - ASSOCIATED WITH (eg BELT OF GARMENT=Belt USED
   with Garment)

   Note Rashi proves the JEWISH SLAVE=SLAVE WHO
   IS JEWISH by citing an other verse Dt15-12 *11

*4 Rashis real point here ('What is bothering Rashi') is
   that the METONOMY rule requires that CLEAR OIL could
   either mean
   - literally clear oil
   - oil producing a clear flame
   Rashi advises us that here it is literal
   Rashi also cites the Talmud Menachoth which
   outlines the production process


*5 So
   - VALUE = FEE
   - YOUR-VALUE = FEE SCHEDULE(Fixed amount for each
     gender and age group)*13

*6 This is the simple meaning of the text. Rashi
   SUPPLEMENTS the simple meaning by showing dual
   nuances to the word SHADE
   - SHADE-WIFE knew how to make a man feel on top
     and important by sitting in the shade and letting
     him be dominant.

   In other words
   - my explanation of SHADE as referring to
   provocative garments that SHADE the right parts
   of a womens body so as to tease men on is the simple
   meaning of the text obvious to most men

   - Rashi's explanation of SHADE as SITTING IN THE
   SHADE and making the man feeling important is a true
   SUPPORTIVE comment that SUPPLEMENTS the more basic
   explanation.

   The interpretation of Rashi as SUPPLEMENTATIVE
   vs EXCLUSIVE is a useful way of making Rashis
   more appealing.

-------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ----------------

*10 The difference between this list; LIST871m and
    the sister list, LIST871d, of IDIOMS BY METONOMY
    is that
    - LIST871d lists new phrases that have entered
      the language as idioms--for example, HOLY COINS
      refers to COINS USED/RELATED TO THE HOLY TEMPLE

    - LIST871m lists one time usages of metonomy--
      for example SHEEP WITH WHITE refers to
      SHEEP WITH WHITE PATCHES.

    The difference is that HOLY COINS always refer
    to TEMPLE-RELATED coins while WHITE does not
    always refer to WHITE PATCHES---in other words
    it is a one time use of the RELATED MEANING rule.

    The metonomy of most of the examples in this list
    can be inferred from context.

*11 It is important to emphasize that SHEEP do NOT get
    aroused from merely seeing something patched (which
    reminds them of sheep of the opposite gender).

    Rather JACOB FIXED the STICKS IN THE WATER.

    The water in the troughs was FLOWING water. Hence the
    reflection of the sticks in the water gave the appearance
    of MOVING / PULSATING ITEMS WITH PATCHES.

    It is these MOVING / PULSATING items with patches
    that aroused the female sheep since the pulsating
    bobbing sticks resembled aroused males. Once the females
    became aroused the males mated them.

    So Jacobs trick was to mimic LIVE MALE PATCHED SHEEP
    by using water reflections of PATCHED STICKS.

*12 The Hebrew word A-Chu-Zah by itself can refer to
    a plot of land (without any additional words):
    ------------------------------------------------------
    Cf Gn47-11 Gave them a PLOT
    Cf Lv25-46 These slaves shall be a PLOT for inheritance
    Cf Nu27-04 Give us please a PLOT among our brothers
    ------------------------------------------------------

*13 Rashi admits that
    -----------------------------------------------------
    I don't understand (know of a precedent) for the
    peculiar grammatical construction: YOUR-VALUE
    -----------------------------------------------------

    Rashi was NOT stating that he did not know what
    YOUR-VALUE vs VALUE means. In fact he says explicitly
    -------------------------------------------------
    the value was fixed for each gender and age group
    -------------------------------------------------

    Rather what Rashi did not know was a precedent
    for the peculiar grammatical form: YOUR-VALUE

*14 As usual in this list we have brought Rashi's SECOND
    explanation (Whenever there are two explanations in
    Rashi, we reject the first as wrong and accept the
    second as right). I am told that the Lubavitcher Rebbe
    may he rest in peace held a different view: There are
    problems with each explanation and Rashi therefore brought
    both.

    We have very slightly modified Rashi to make his
    comment consistent with Biblical Hebrew. Rashi actually states
    --------------------------------------------------
    Judge even minor cases like LANDLORD vs TENANT
    --------------------------------------------------

    We have modified this as follows
    -----------------------------------------------
    Judge even minor cases like LANDLORD vs
    FARMER-TENANT
    -----------------------------------------------

    PEOPLE and their PLACES often have same names
    (e.g. AMERICA-AMERICAN) The FARMER TENANT is
    the person ASSOCIATED with
    the GRANARY which in Hebrew is Gimel Resh. It
    is for this reason that we have slightly amended
    Rashi.

    The literal Rashi, TENANT would not make sense
    linguistically since Gimel-Resh refers to an ALIEN
    not to a TENANT. On the other hand, Gimel-Resh
    as meaning GRANARY is common in the Bible.

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