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VERSE: Gn47-13b
======================= L-A-H means EXHAUSTED ===================
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Gn47-13 should be translated
-- And Egypt got EXHAUSTED (seeking food) from the famine
Here the Hebrew root Lamed-Aleph-Hey should be translated
as EXHAUSTED. In reviewing this verse we will find an
interesting 4 way controversy between Rashi-Rav-Sadia and
Radack and Ibn Ezra. However it will appear reasonable to
unify these views.
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: GRAMMARr
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: CONJUGATION
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF TODAYS RASHI RULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar the
same way modern dictionaries explain grammar. One very
important function of grammar is to explain conjugation
of verbs. Rashi will especially comment on roots with
several weak letters as the rules for conjugating these
roots are obscure
TODAYS LISTS
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We present two lists.
The first list is grammatical and derived from Al Silbermans
Grammatical Form Konkordance---we show roots obeying this
conjugation form*10
The 2nd list is semantical--we show why Rashi and Rav
Sadia suggested that the roots Lamed-Aleph-Hey and
Lamed-Hey-Hey are both the same. This will unify the
appraches of Radack Rashi and Rav Sadia
Here is the first list:
These are the roots
that have the form VaTayTaH (Patach-Tzaray-Patach)
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ROOT MEANING VERSE COMMENTS/EXPLANATION
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Y L C walk Gn24-61 Root begins with YUD
Y R D descend 2S22-10 Root begins with YUD
Y D A know Gn04-17 Root begins with YUD
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T A H wander Gn21-14 Last letter=hey; 2nd letter = Guttural*1
L A H weary Gn47-13 See next entry--is the root LAH or LHH?
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L H H weary Gn47-13 See next entry--is the root LAH or LHH?
K A A Dislodge Gn32-26 Last 2 root letters are identical*2
R A A hurt Gn21-11 Last 2 root letters are identical
K L L belittle Gn16-04 Last 2 root letters are identical
NOTES
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*1 So TWO root letters are weak. There are very few examples
of these Biblical roots--there are not enough cases to
justify ONE UNIQUE APPROACH. Hence we have controversy
on the correct grammatical form.
*2 There is controversy on this root.
Rashi ingeniously has two roots Y-K-A and K-A-A. One means
DISLODGE while the other means HANG (This is ingenious
since other authorities say they are the same root with
2 meanings). See the following posting for details
http://www.RashiYomi.com/nu25-03b.htm
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*10 Job17-07 and Ez19-07 are two other examples but were not
brought in the above list. According to Silbermans
Grammatical form Konkordance these are the only 11 examples
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======================== L A H means WEARY ======================
The Roots L-A-H and L-H-H occur rarely. There are only
2 instances of L-H-H and only about a dozen of L-A-H.
The list below shows that L-A-H means
- exhausted
- weary
- burdensome
The two verses with the root L-H-H fit into this pattern.
Hence, Rashi and Rav Sadia suggest a unified meaning to
these two grammatical roots(L-H-H and L-A-H have the
same meaning).By contrast Radack and Ibn Ezra think that
L-H-H means CRAZY while L-A-H means WEARY.
Here are the list of examples. Do you agree with Rashi
and Rav Sadia that one can translate all verses as
meaning WEARY or do you think that we must follow Radacks
approach that L-H-H means CRAZY.
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VERSE ROOT MEANING of VERSE WITH ROOT L-A-A or L-A-H capped
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Jb04-02 L-A-H We WEARY of trying to talk to you
Gn19-11 L-A-H They got TIRED of trying to find the door
Mi06-03 L-A-H How have I BURDENED you
Ex18-08 L-A-H All the BURDEN they experienced in Egypt
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Gn47-13 L-H-H Egypt got WORN OUT from the FAMINE
Pr26-18 L-H-H Double crossers are like bowing till FATIGUE*1
NOTES
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*1 This is a difficult verse Here is a reasonable translation
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A person who deceives his friend but says I WAS JOKING
is like
a person who practices shooting arrows, fire and deadly
weapons till they are FATIGUED (and then says he wasnt
trying to hurt anyone)
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The point is that both these people are dangerous
and should not be trusted In other words it is irrelevant
if they were INTENDING to hurt someone--what they are
doing is so dangerous that we can judge them by their
actions not their intentions
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMARr
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