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============= HOT ITEMS ================================ The ALIGNMNET module,Grand Summary,was posted before The Holiday. It is also up on the Rashi Calendar. ENGLISH RASHI: http://www.mnemotrix.com/metsudah THE WHITE PAPERS: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/white.htm ========================================================= |
GOALS ===== This module studies Rashis treatment of classical grammar. In other words how did Rashi treat the rules you find in modern LEARN-HEBREW textbooks TODAYS UNIT =========== One of my favorites: Rashi presents the rules for the QUESTIONING HEY (In Hebrew you make a sentence interrogative by placing a HEY at the beginning of a sentence) REFERENCE: ========= Todays unit comes from the following postings http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn04_09z.htm NOTE: Several errors in the above posting have been corrected with examples. |
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EXAMPLE 5: Gn03-11b Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey EXAMPLE 6: Gn41-38a Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey EXAMPLE 7: Gn04-09c Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey EXAMPLE 8: Nu32-06a Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey EXAMPLE 9: Gn27-38a Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey EXAMPLE 10:Gn18-17a Rules for Punctuation the interrogative Hey BACKGROUND ---------- In Hebrew,to make a declarative sentence into a question you simply add the LETTER HEY to the first word of the sentence and punctuate this HEY with a CHATAF PATACH THE TEXT -------- For example the following Hebrew sentence means the following: --------------------------------------------------------- SHOMAYR ACHI ANOCHI means I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER/WATCHER --------------------------------------------------------- If we now add a HEY to this sentence it becomes interrogative ------------------------------------------------------------ HASHOMAYR ACHI ANOCHI means AM I MY BROTHERS KEEPER/WATCHER? ------------------------------------------------------------ THE RASHI --------- THere are about a half a dozen Rashis dealing with the interrogative hey. There are in fact 3 main cases of rules ---------------------------------------------------------------- * The usual case you add a HEY with the CHATAF PATACH * Before ALEPH, you add a HEY with a PATACH punctuation * Before a SHVA word you add a HEY+PATACH+DAGESH NEXT LETTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- This last case, words beginning with a SHVA, seems to have several cases of its own as follows * Before a SHVA word you add a HEY+PATACH+DAGESH next letter * Before a YUD SHVAITH you add a HEY+PATACH(But no DAGESH) * Exceptions to rule you add a HEY+PATACH(But no DAGESH) THE LIST -------- We present a list of verses, examples and Rashis illustrating the above rules. Note the superiority of Rashis method which covers USUAL as well as RARE cases while standard textbooks would only cover USUAL rules. | ||||
| CASE | PUNCTUATION OF HEY | VERSE TEXT | VERSE | CASE |
| Ordinary Case | HAY + CHATAF PATACH | Ha Shomayr | Gn04-09c | 1 |
| Ordinary Case | HAY + CHATAF PATACH | Ha Min HAyz | Gn03-11b | 1 |
| Ordinary Case | HAY + CHATAF PATACH | Ha Nim Tzah | Gn41-38a | 1 |
| Before Guttural | Hay + PATACH | HA ACHAYCHM | Nu32-06a | 2 |
| Before CH+Kmtz | Hay + Segol | HE CHAZAK | Nu13-18 | 2 |
| Before Resh | Hay + Chataf Patach | Ha Rafeh | Nu13-18 | 2 |
| Before Shva | Hay + PATACH + DAGESH | HA-Smaynah | Nu13-20 | 3 *1 |
| Before Shva+Yud | Hey + Patach | HA YDATEM | Gn29-05 | 3 *2 |
| Exception Shva | Hey+Patach(No Dagesh) | HA MCASEH | Gn18-17a | 3 *3 |
| Exception Shva | Hey+Patach(No Dagesh) | HA BRACHA | Gn27-38a | 3 *4 |
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*1 - There is no DIRECT Rashi on Nu13-20. - But Rashi mentions Nu13-20 on Gn27-38a. Just to make the rule clear: You do 3 things to make the a sentence interrogative when its first letter is punctuated with a shva - place a HEY before the 1st word in the sentence - punctuate the HEY with a PATACH - Place a DAGESH FORTE in the first letter of the sentence *2 The rule for YUD SHVAIT is universal eg compare Ps48-12 Ps94-20 for examples *3 We can derive insights by studying examples of the sister HEY-MEANING-THE (HEY HAYEDIAH). Certainly there are examples where the following letter receives a DAGESH (eg Ps22-29) But there are many exceptions where the following letter has no DAGESH: Ps18-33 Ps31-25 Ps68-12 Ps94-10 Ps103-04 Ps104-3 Ps104-10 *4 It is tempting to conjecture that there is no DAGESH in a BGD KFT letter. Compare the following 3 verses in Job: Job22-13 and Job15-08 do not have DAGESH (According to Aleppo). By contrast Job23-06 does. For other examples with BGD KFT letters see 2S3-33 Is27-07 Gn18-21 | ||||