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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 =========== Rashi had a unique method of teaching Hebrew Grammar. He used the method of NEAR MISSES. In the next few days we present some examples and clarify this method REFERENCE: ========= Todays unit comes from the following postings http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn41-35a.htm |
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NOTATION: In todays posting: O<-->KAMATZ; A<-->PATACH EXAMPLE 11: Gn49-04d (PACHAZ means FIZ; POCHAZ means TO FIZ) EXAMPLE 12: Ex19-18a (OSHON means SMOKE; OSHAN means TO SMOKE) EXAMPLE 13: Dt07-23a (HOMAM means SMASH; HOMOM means SMASH THEM) BACKGROUND ---------- As is well known Hebrew Grammar rests on 3 letter roots. These 3 letter roots may be conjugated in various ways to obtain various meanings. There are many books and many charts showing these conjugations. RASHIS METHOD ------------- Rashis attitude was that anyone can memorize charts. The job of the teacher is not to drill. Rather the job of the teacher is to point out potential pitfalls. If 2 conjugations LOOK ALIKE then the teacher must tell the student so they can avoid them. We will call this the method of NEAR MISSES. They are quite popular vehicles on multiple choice exams. THE TEXT -------- In todays unit Rashi focuses on 2 NEAR MISSES NEAR MISS #1 ------------ The past tense 3rd person is punctuated KAMATZ-PATACH: For example HE SMOKED would be OSHAN. By contrast the NOUN denoting SMOKE would be punctuated with two KAMATZ (OSHON) Similarly I translate the root PAY-CHETH-ZAYIN as meaning to FIZ and BUBBLE (Like soda fiz*1). Thus the Katatz-Patach punctuation would correspond to the verb: TO FIZ while the Patach-Patach punctuation would correspond to the NOUN: FIZ. NEAR MISS #2 ------------ Another near miss comes from the observation that a Kamatz-Kamatz punctuation can indicate either a noun or it can indicate a Verb with an object suffix: Hence HOMOM (Dt07-23a) means to SMASH THEM (While HOMAN means to SMASH). THE LIST -------- Here is a summary of the above. In the next few days we will review many more NEAR MISSES | ||||||
| VERSE | #1 | PUNCTUATION#1 | MEANS#1 | #2 | PUNCTUATION#2 | MEANS#2 |
| Ex19-18a | OSHON | KAMATZ KAMATZ | Smoke | Oshan | KAMATZ PATACH | To Smoke |
| Gn49-04d | PACAZ | PATACH PATACH | Fiz | PoCaz | KAMATZ PATACH | To Fize |
| Dt07-23a | HOMAM | KAMATZ PATACH | ToSmash | HOMOM | KAMATZ KAMATZ | Smash Em |
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*1 Charming? Isnt it!? But a beautiful exterior does not contradict a sturdy skeleton. Many roots whose second letter is CHET have meanings similar to the 1st-3rd letter: Thus PACHAZ would come from PAZ (Glittering GOld). The fiz of a soda would resemble the glitter of Gold (And yes it is charming and in the dictionary, charm leads to truth) There is a cute story behind this. The last time I was in Israel was in 1980. It was Parshat Vaychi and I was at the Vishnitz Hotel. The above etymology is what came out of a conversation in a Bnay Brak Shule. (If anyone knows the father and son I spoke to on that Shabbat 20 years ago I would really like to meet them again) For purposes of this posting, however the meaning of PACHAZ is irrelevant as the purpose of the posting is to show rules of grammar. | ||||||