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VERSE: Gn37-23b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn37-08a Gn37-23a Gn37-23b
========================= Gn37-23b ============================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Some Rashi comments deal with FORMATTING.
Modern authors FORMAT using such techniques as
BULLETS, PARAGRAPHING, BOLD, ITALICS and UNDERLINE.
The Biblical Author achieved these effects but thru
different means.
For example a modern author might hilight distinct
items using BULLETS. The Biblical Author hilights
distinct items using REPEATING KEYWORDS.
We call this the Rashi rule of FORMATTING with the Rashi
subrule of KEYWORDS AS BULLETS
EXAMPLE 1 Gn37-08a
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The brothers hated Joseph
- ON ACCOUNT OF his dreams
- ON ACCOUNT OF his slander
By repeating the KEYWORD, ON ACCOUNT OF, the Bible creates
a BULLET LIKE EFFECT. The two bullets emphasize that there
are TWO REASONS for the Brothers to hate Joseph
EXAMPLE 2 Gn37-23a Gn37-23b
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When Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him
- OF his daily coat
- OF his special coat
Again the repeated KEYWORD, OF, indicates that the
brothers stripped Joseph of two items.
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS BULLETING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW LIST106L
List of Bulleted items in Gn37-08a
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SEE BELOW LIST106M
List of Bulleted items in Gn37-23a
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=================== LIST106L ======================
List of Bulleted items in Gn37-08a
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TYPE TEXT OF VERSE BULLET BULLETED ITEM
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Stem The brothers ` `
Stem continued to ` `
Stem hate him ` `
BULLET ` ACCOUNT OF His dreams
BULLET ` ACCOUNT OF His slander*1
NOTES
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*1 Rashi refers to Josephs slander of his brothers
explicitly mentioned in Gn37-02. For more details
on this Rashi and the bullet method see note *10
--------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ------------
*10
The literal Biblical text states
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account of his words
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WithOUT the bullet-keywords the phrase HIS DREAMS AND WORDS
sounds as if it is referring to one item--his dreams(and
his words on those dreams). True Rashi refers to Gn37-02
which states
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Joseph brought SLANDER to his father on his brothers
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but the question remains:
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How does Rashi know that HIS WORDS refers
to something BESIDES his dreams Why not
simply assume that HIS DREAMS AND WORDS
refers to one item
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The answer lies in the BULLET-KEYWORD method.
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Whenever the Bible repeats a connective word
(like ACCOUNT OF) it indicates a BULLET-LIKE
structure.
And it is this BULLET like structure which
suggests TWO ITEMS (Because there are 2 bullets!)
Once we are told that there are two items
we can refer to Gn37-02 to see that the
second item was his slander.
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In summary:
Without the bullets I would
interpret ACCOUNT OF HIS DREAMS AND WORDS
as referring to one item (HIS DREAMS).
With the bullets I interpret ON ACCOUNT
OF HIS DREAMS AND ON ACCOUNT OF HIS WORDS
as if it were bulleted
* on his drams
* on his words
And it is this bullet like structure which
directs me to seek a second item(dreams
and slander).
We have here an example where the Rashi
derivation is based on style--not on grammar
or meaning. It is not the EXTRA WORD or any
nuance of meaning that requires me to interpret
the verse a certain way--rather it is the bullet
like structure which so requires.
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======================= LIST106m ===================
List of Bulleted items in Gn37-23a
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TYPE TEXT OF VERSE BULLET BULLETED ITEM
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Stem When Joseph ` `
Stem came to them ` `
Stem they stripped ` `
Stem him ` `
Bullet ` of his daily coat
Bullet ` of his special coat*1
NOTES
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*1 Without the bullet-keywords (repetition of OF)
I would interpret HIS COAT HIS SPECIAL COAT
as referring to one item (SPECIAL COAT would
be in apposition to COAT). Because of the
bullet like structure, however, I interpret
each item separately.*10
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*10 Technically Rashi also uses the technique of
OTHER VERSES here. Gn37-23 speaks about
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Joseph's STRIPED coat
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This echoes back to Gn37-03
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Jacob made Joseph a STRIPED coat
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However the main driving force of Rashi
is the BULLETs.
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