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VERSE:  Gn25-30a

RASHIS COVERED:  Gn25-30a Gn25-23c Gn25-20b

========================= ALEPH means PERSONALITY =============

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashi believed that while GRAMMAR  is dictated by 3 letter
roots, MEANING is dictated by 2 letter roots. Hence the
meaning of every 3 letter root can be ascertained  from
the meaning of the last 2 root letters plus the meaning of
the first root letter.Rashi/Rav Hirsch suggested that ALEPH
means PERSONALITY. I have extended this idea by
assigning meanings to all the letters. Hence ARM,UPPER CLASS,
are PEOPLE (ALEPH)that are HIGH(RAM); LAT,(to gulp), is to
do ALOT (LAMED) of LUNGING (AT) with the tongue; LAM, a
SUPERPOWER denotes ALOT(LAMED) of COUNTRIES (AM).

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TODAYS RASHI RULE                    WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE                 1 LETTER MEANINGS
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TODAYS RASHI RULE
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Rashi had 6 main goals in his commentary. One of them was
to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary
explains words. Rashi had a variety of methods by which
meaning was explained. One of them was the idea that every
letter is assigned a meaning. The meanings of 3 letter roots
are then equated with the meanings of the first root letter
and the last 2 root letters. Although Rashi did not always
state this, and although justification of meaning can sometimes
be accomplished by examining comparable verses with that
meaning, we feel that the 1 letter approach can sometimes be
punchier and justified by lists of 3 letter  roots.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR TODAYS RASHI RULE
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The 6 Rashi goals: http://www.RashiYomi.com/rules-01.htm

TODAYS LIST
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The list below gives roots where ALEPH means PEOPLE, PERSON,
or PERSONALITY.  The list afterwards shows examples  where
LAMED means ALOT. Let us show how this work using the first
entry in the list
- ARM means UPPER CLASS
- The first root letter A, ALEPH, of ARAM means PERSON
- The last 2 root letters, RM, means HIGH
- So the sum of the first and last 2 root letters would be
  PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH UP (upper class)
We hope you enjoy the other examples in the lists
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ROOT  MEANING       =MEANING LAST 2 LETTERS   MEANING OF ALEPH
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ARM   upper class   upper/high ranking        people
ACL   Eat           Consumption for a         person
ASHM  Guilt         Desolation of the         personality
AVD   Lost          Isolated from a           person
AMN   Nurse         Appoints to the baby a    personality
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================== LAMED means ALOT OF*1 ===============

 Here is a short list of 3 letter roots where
 the meaning of the 3 letter root equals the
 meaning of the last two letters + the meaning
 of the prefix LAMED which we have interpreted as ALOT*1

 Thus the first entry in this list, LAT, means TO GULP,
 and means ALOT (LAMED) of LUNGING (AT) with the tongue
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ROOT  MEANING       LAMED*1  MEANING OF LAST 2 LETTERS
===== ============= ======== ==========================
LAT   Gullp         Alot of  Lunging out(YAT)
LAM   Superpower    Alot of  Countries (AM)
LAT   Gentle        Alot of  Littleness (AT)
LHV   Flaming       Alot of  Give and take(HV)
LCX   Lick          ALot of  Pallate (CHAYCH)

NOTES
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*1 - The one letter root LooL means WINDING STAIRCASE
   - In fact the prefix letter LAMED means TO
   Hence we would suggest that LAMED means
   -- ALL OVER THE PLACE, IN ALL DIRECTIONS, ALOT OF

   Thus the real meaning of eg LAT would refer to a
   tongue LUNGING OUT (AT), TO, TO, TO (That is the
   gulper keeps on gulping up with his tongue).

   We have therefore settled on the meaning ALOT of
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RASHI RULE USED: WORD MEANINGS
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