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VERSE: Gn41-35a

RASHIS COVERED: Gn41-35a Gn43-18a Gn49-04d Ex19-18a Dt07-23a
                Gn29-06a Gn18-20b Gn15-17e Gn42-21b Gn34-29b
                Gn46-26a


COMMENT
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Rashi teaches classical grammar here.
We have many books teaching classical grammar today.
These books are available in both English and Hebrew.

I will not go into the technicalities of Hebrew Grammar.
However I will indicate how to utilize known sources to
learn grammar.

Furthermore, Rashi never does anything in an ordinary way.
Rashi had an ingenious method of teaching grammar using pairs
of >ALMOST SIMILAR< words. This enabled the student to grasp
principles.

Notice how we should never overlook the obvious in learning
Rashi. How many people would read a Rashi on grammar and
comment >Rashi is JUST teaching grammar<. The proper method
however is to seek out how Rashis approach to teaching grammar
is different than other approaches to teaching grammar.



RULE
====
Consider the following Hebrew word:
>Aleph(with an OH sound)-Caph(with an EH or EY sound)--Lamed<

* If the accent is on the 1st syllable
then it is a >NOUN< and means >FOOD<

* If the accent is on the last syllable
then it is a >VERB< and mead >TO EAT<

RULE
====
* The root >Resh-Aleph-Hey< means >TO SEE<
* The root >Yud-Resh-Aleph< means >TO FEAR<

However the ACTIVE-FUTURE-PLURAL of these two verbs
differs in only ONE LETTER, YUD
>YUD-RESH-ALEPH-VAV< means >TO SEE<
>YUD-YUD-RESH-ALEPH-VAV< means >TO FEAR<




SOURCES
=======
A good comprehensive but not overly technical summary of
grammatical forms can be found in the IBN SHOSHAN Dictionary
The form >OH-Che-L< is NOUN FORM #10. The verb form >OH-Ca-YL<
may be found in Table 1, present tense.

The verb forms for >SEE< and >FEAR< may be found in
Tables 9 and 5 of the verb forms.

These tables may be found at the back of the 5th volume of
the dictionary. I warmly recommend these tables since they
are good summaries


{LIST}
FURTHER EXAMPLES OF RASHIS PEDAGOGIC METHOD OF >ALMOST THE SAME<
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VERES        SUBTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WORDS
===========  ====================================================
1) Gn49-04d  PATACH-PATACH vs KAMATZ-PATACH*1
2) Ex19-18a  KAMATZ-PATACH vs KAMATZ-KAMATZ*1
3) Dt07-23a  KAMATZ-KAMATZ vs KAMATZ-PATACH*1
4)Gn29-06a*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
5)Gn18-20b*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
6)Gn15-17e*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
7)Gn42-21b*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
8)Gn34-29b*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
9)Gn46-26a*2 Accent differences between 1-Vav-3 and 1-2-Hey roots
10)Gn41-35a  >FOOD< vs >TO EAT< (noun vs verb) differs in accent
11)Gn43-18a  yud-2-3 vs 1-2-Hey verbs differ in one letter



REFERENCES
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*1 http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n17.htm
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn49-04d.htm

*2 http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn15-17e.htm
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n7.htm
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMAR
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Volume 8 Number 17


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