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VERSE: Gn41-02b

RASHIS COVERED: Gn41-02b Gn43-11c

================ ALEPH means THING ==============================

BACKGROUND
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Rashi on Job38-28 explains that ALEPH means thing:
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 The Hebrew word GL means ROUND. Hence the DERIVED
 Hebrew word AGL(Droplet) means a ROUND(gl) THING(Aleph)
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Rav Hirsch throughout his commentary explains that ALEPH
can mean PLANT, ANIMAL, HUMAN, THING (Any object class)

THE TEXT
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The word ACHU in Gn41-02b refers to a MARSH (A collection
of PLANTS (ALEPH) joined together (CHET-CHET=JOINED)

The word NECOTH in Gn43-11c refers to WAX: SomeTHING(ALEPH)
that looks SMITTEN (NC)

THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS RASHI
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If you wish you can simply take Rashi as reporting
dictionary meaning. Rashi doesnt have much support.
For example the Hebrew word ACHU only occurs one other
time in the Bible
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 Job8-11 Will a reed tower without mud;
        will a marsh flourish without water
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This is a legitimate approach to Rashi

THE LIST
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However if we wish to go deeper we can use the ALEPH=THING
approach. I present a LIST with some examples of Hebrew roots
ending in ALEPH (There are only 40 such roots)

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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This list was first published on the email-list HebLang,
hosted by Shamash, in Sept 1999. Here is a partial list.
I have tried to include both obvious and stretched examples.
30% of all cases occur in this list. The reader should ask
him/herself: How many of these examples do I agree with?
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ROOT   = ALEPH = THING     OTHER TWO ROOT LETTERS MEAN ROOT MEANS
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N V A' = A person(aleph)   who speaks in Poetry (N V)  Prophet
S V A' = A Person(aleph)   who rolls around (S V)      Drunkard
S N A' = a person(aleph)   is a thorn(in my side)(SNH) Hated
D C A` = A Person(Aleph)   whose (organ) was crushed   Castrati
TZ V A = A Person(Aleph)   standing(Tz V)at attention` Infantry
L T A' = An Animal(aleph)  that Hides (LT)             ?
L V A' = An Animal(aleph)  doing as heart feels(LV)    lion
P R A' = Plants(Aleph)     that are wild(PR)           wildgrass
B C A' = A tree(Aleph)     that appears to Weep(Bchah) Weep wilow
K S A' = A fruit(ALEPH)    that is hard (KSH)to digest Pickle
X M A' = A thing(Aleph)    from warming (X M) milk     Cream
D S A' = plants (Aleph)    that look threshed(D S)     MeadowGras
G M A' = A Plant(Aleph)    that has room for more(GM)  reed*1

NOTES
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*1
  To explain the last one note that GM=ALSO, is to a sentence,
  as a GMA=Reed, is to water---the reed is perceived as taking
  in more water just as the ALSO
  part of a sentence takes in more thought in the sentence
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RASHI RULE USED: WORD MEANING
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
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