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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 =========== In Todays unit we continute exploring meanings of the word TO. TO can mean ON or ACCOUNT OF. Today we see that TO can also mean ON in the sense of FOR. (ACCOUNT OF looks to the PAST while FOR looks to the FUTURE). The examples below will further clarify this. REFERENCE: ========= Todays unit comes from the following postings http://www.Rashiyomi.com/nu34-17a.htm http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/h10n24.htm

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THE WORD to CAN MEAN for
EXAMPLE 115: Gn30-30a God blessed you FOR my coming to you EXAMPLE 116: Dt32-08a God preserved them FOR increasing the Jews BACKGROUND: ---------- The Hebrew letter LAMED when suffixed to a word means TO. Rashi simply points out that TO can also be translated as FOR. The LIST below gives many examples. Rashis strongest proof comes from Gn28-15c THE TEXT -------- Gn28-15 canNOT be translated with LAMED meaning TO: --------------------------------------- I (God) wont desert you (Jacob) Until I fulfill what I promised TO you --------------------------------------- Indeed, God had not yet spoken to Jacob! THE RASHI --------- Therefore we must interpret Gn28-15c as -------------------------------------------------- I (God) wont desert you (Jacob) Until I fulfill what I promised(to Abraham)FOR you -------------------------------------------------- THE LIST -------- Here is a LIST of verses where LAMED is better translated as meaning FOR. Besides bringing Rashis on verses in Chumash we also bring supporting verses from other books of the Bible. This LIST will be continued over the next few days.
VERSE	Text of verse with TO(LAMED) translated as FOR
Gn30-30a	God blessed you FOR my coming to you
Dt32-08c	God preserved them FOR increasing the Jews*5


COMMENTS
*5 A full translation of this verse Dt32-08 is as follows ----------------------------------------------------- Whether God was FLOODING the world (ie Noahs flood) Whether God was BREAKING world unity(Tower of Babel) He always established national borders(Let some live) FOR the sake of the numbers of the Jews ----------------------------------------------------- Rashi explains that God always let certain nations live for the sake of those non-Jews who would help the Jewish nation grow (A simple illustration of this principle could be that God preserved the sea fearing nations in order that the tribe of Zevulun could become a sea-fearer---Rashis point is that each nation contributed something to Jewish culture--this contribution is in fact reflected in the numerical coincidence that there are 70 nations corresponding to 70 Jews that went down to Egypt) In this posting we are only concerned in showing that TO can mean FOR. A more detailed explanation of this verse will be presented in another posting.

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