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VERSE: Gn24-21c

================== The Hebrew word TO can mean ABOUT ============

BACKGROUND
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Gn24-21 is a peach of a verse. Anyone who wants to really know
the issues of Biblical study should read this Rashi.

On Gn24-21 Rashi takes an innocent phrase --
AND THE MAN WAS ASTONISHED ABOUT HER -- & does a 4 dimensional
analysis. Rashi analyzes the verse from the points of
- MEANING of the root
- IDIOMATIC usage of this meaning
- GRAMMATICAL form of the root
- use of the CONNECTIVE, to

THE TEXT
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Gn24-21 and the man was ASTONISHED ABOUT this woman

THE RASHIS
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* The MEANING of the ROOT Shin-Ayin-Hey is DESOLATION
* The IDIOMATIC USAGE of DESOLATION is ASTONISHED!
* The GRAMMATICAL FORM of this root is the rare HITPAEL+SILIBANT
* The CONNECTIVE TO can also mean ABOUT or CONCERNING

THE LISTS
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So Rashi is Simple. He provides 4 lists. A list for MEANING,
a list for IDIOM, a list for FORM and a list for CONNECTIVES
Below is the LIST for the CONNECTIVE TO (With help from RADACK)

RULE:The Hebrew word >LAMED< which usually means >TO< can
also mean >ABOUT<. The LIST below presents half a dozen
examples of this usage. This list comes from  URL
http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/about-1.htm
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE WHERE >TO< is translated >ABOUT<
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Ex14-03b Pharoh will say >ABOUT< the Jews they are trapped
Gn20-13c Say >ABOUT ME< that I am your brother
Gn26-07a People asked >ABOUT< his wife
Gn24-07d The God who spoke >ABOUT ME(Abraham)< will guide you
Ju09-54  Kill me lest they say >ABOUT ME:< >A women killed him<
Gn24-21c And the man was astonished >ABOUT< her
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