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VERSE: Gn26-14a


BACKGROUND
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The BIble relates how Isaac had developed considerable wealth
with many servants and staff. The Bible says that Isaac also had
many AVOODAH.


RASHI:
=====
The word >Avodah< means >WORK<. By contrast the word >Avoodah<
means >PROJECT< (In other words a >PROJECT< is an >integrated
collection of many work activities<).


IN A NUTSHELL
=============
Rashi identified Isaac as a >MANAGER<. For the difference between
a worker and a manager is that the manager has many tasks--he has
a project while each individual worker has only one task. Thus
the Bible


BACKGROUND
==========
One professor wrote me this week and asked how I could base
Rashi interpretations on one example (In this case the word
Avoodah is rare and hence we cannot prove it means project)

The answer lies in abstracting the form and showing that the
form obeys certain rules. For the form may have many cases.


RULE
====
In this case we assert that the change from a CHOLAM (OH SOUND)
to a SHURUK (OOO SOUND) denotes >INTENSITY< The LIST below
gives some examples.

Note the consistency in Rashi--the beautiful
example Is30-33 >For Hell has been prepared from the MONDAY of
creation for the wicked<. Rashi on Is30-33 is consistent and
interprets the Hebrew word >ETHMOOL< as being an intense form
of >ETHMOL< which means yesterday. Hence, Rashi Concludes,
>ETHMOOL< means >MONDAY< the 1st day of the week that ALWAYS
has a yesterday. This >alwayness< indicates >intensity<

(By contrast other Rishonim do not follow this rule of Rashi
since they translate >For Hell has been prepared from
YESTERDAY (Long ago) for the wicked<.


{LIST}
Here is a modest LIST showing how the >oo< sounds denotes
more intensity when it is transformed from the >oh< sound
=========================================================
OHword ENGLISH-O OO-WORD  ENG-OO   WHY IS oo-word MORE INTENSE
====== ========= =======  ======== =============================
Avodah WORK      Avoodah  PROJECTS Projects=MANY jobs
Ethmol YESTERDAY Ethmool  MONDAY*1 Monday=ALWAYS has a yesterday
Tov    GOOD      Toov     GOODIES  CONCRETEZATION of Good
OR     LIGHT     Ooor     FIRE     CONCRETEZATION of light
Shor   Ox        Shoor    SCAN     >scan< GENERALIZES Ox activity


RASHI RULE USED: USAGE
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