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OTHO means ONLY IT; Suffix O means IT |
EXAMPLE 95: Lv01-06b Cut ONLY IT (OTO) to pieces
EXAMPLE 96: Lv02-06a Crumble ONLY IT (OTO) to pieces
BACKGROUND
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If you wish to indicate that a verb, or activity, is being done
to something then you append a suffix VAV to the word(pronounced
OH) thereby indicating that the activity was done to it.
THE TEXT
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For example: SHaCHaT means SLAUGHTER; SHaCHaTO means SLAUGHTER IT
THE RASHI
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But there are two ways to indicate IT
- APPEND A VAV: SHaCHaTO means SLAUGHTER IT
- ADD THE WORD OTHO: SHaCHaT OTO also means SLAUGHTER IT
THE MALBIM
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A beautiful MALBIM distinguishes between these two methods
-- SHaCHaTO is the normal way of saying SLAUGHTER IT
-- SHaCHaT OTO should really be translated SLAUGHTER ONLY IT
In other words SHaCHaT OTO denotes some type of EXCLUSIVITY
As we go thru the examples we will develop a feel for the
OTO form. Malbim applied this principle to both Rashi & Sifrah
THE LIST
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This list will develop over 2-3 days. We will take verses
with the OTO form and show how Rashi interpreted IT
with a nuance of exclusivity.
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RASHI |
| Lv01-06b |
& He'll cut ONLY IT to pieces |
Don't recut *1 |
| Lv02-06a |
Crumble ONLY IT to pieces |
Don't recrumble *1 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 In other words you cut/crumble the offering. But you
don't keep on cutting the cut pieces to make them smaller
since that would not be CUTTING ONLY IT--the cut pieces
are no longer the original offering--the phrase ONLY IT
refers to the original sacrifice but not to derived pieces.
Hence the Rashi can be understood as interpreting the verse
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cut ONLY it
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