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============= HOT ITEMS ================================ The 6 Rashi Rules http://www.RashiYomi.Com/rules-01.htm 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 =========== It is exciting but we are finally completing this GRAMMAR module. We will publish a grand summary showing 5 types of GRAMMAR comments that Rashi provides insight on. In the last few days we will cover about a dozen left over Rashis. Today we cover Rashis on the following topic: - Rashi comments on RARE CONJUGATIONS OF THE COMMAND - The word LAYMOR (TO SAY) means an answer was expected Moses had 5 prayers where the phrase TO SAY occurs... These were intense prayers where Moses requested guidance REFERENCE: ========= Todays unit comes from the following postings http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn29-01a.htm http://www.RashiYomi.com/dt03-26b.htm http://www.RashiYomi.com/h9n13.htm http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h7n5.htm |
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EXAMPLE 136: Ex21-29b The command form of L-K-Ch drops the Lamed BACKGROUND ---------- It is well known that Hebrew grammar rests on 3 letter roots which are conjugated in various forms each with its own meaning REFERENCES ---------- Ibn Shoshan Dictionary Volume 5 Appendix--Contains several dozen charts which summarize most of Hebrew grammar Al Silbermans Grammatical Form Konkordance contains lists BY CONJUGATION form; this is useful for examining statistics. THE HEBREW COMMAND ------------------ There are 2 cases for the Command-Conjugation form - The typical command uses the 3 root letters with a shva and patach pronunciation. For example the Hebrew LeKaCh means TAKE (The command form) - When the first letter of the 3 letter root is NUN then the command form uses only the last 2 letters with a patach. A catchy way of saying this is to observe that the 1st LETTER is dropped. For Example, the Hebrew GASH means to COME NEAR; it comes from the Hebrew root Nun-Gimel-Shin THE ONE EXCEPTION ----------------- The above rule has one exception. The Hebrew root Lamed-Kuph-Cheth can be conjugated EITHER -- with all 3 letters (LeKach as in Ex29-01) or -- with 2 letters (Kach as in Gn06-21) Both these forms mean TAKE. THE RASHI --------- So now it is clear why Rashi is commenting. I dont expect a 2 letter command form for KACH since its root starts with a LAMED and not with a NUN.Therefore Rashi had to tell us that it is an exception. THE LIST -------- - We show normal conjugations of the command form (28 in Bible) - We show how roots beginning with NUN drop the first letter - We show how LeKaCh has 2 conjugation forms - We display the 3 other roots beginning with Lamed They do not drop the 1st letter. The statistics on the frequency of these roots helps us appreciate the Rashi. Here is the list. In the list below - NORMAL means a normal conjugation with 3 letters - Begin-n means the root begins with the letter NUN - Begin-L means the root begins with the Leter L | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VERB | TEXT WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MEANING | VERSE | REASON | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Be CHaR | PICK men for the war | Ex17-09 | Normal*1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Be TaCH | HAVE FAITH in God | Ps37-03 | Normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Be RaCH | RUN to my brother Laban | Gn27-43 | Normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ge AaL | REDEEM my portion | Ru04-06 | Normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SheAaL | ASK about Human history | Dt04-32 | Normal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GaA*3 | God, TOUCH the mountains & destroy | Ps144-05 | Begin-n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EXAMPLE 137: Dt03-26b TO SAY indicates a request for an answer RULE: ----- The infinitive TO SAY means a response is expected. Something was done with a response expected. THE TEXT (eg Nu12-13) --------------------- And Moses screamed to God, TO SAY: Please cure her, God THE RASHI --------- The capped words TO SAY shows that Moses was not only praying but functioning as a prophet and requesting an answer. He was requesting insight on why she was being punished which was answered by God at the end of the Chapter THE LIST -------- The list below displays the 5 cases where Moses insisted that God answer him These are the only 5 verses where Moses prayer use the word TO SAY indicating that Moses demanded an answer*1 | ||
| VERSE | VERB | MOSES PETITION |
| Ex06-12 | Said | even the jews dont listen;how should Pharoh |
| Nu27-15 | Said | Please appoint a successor after my death |
| Ex17-04 | Scream | The Jews only complain; soon they'll kill me |
| Nu12-13 | Scream | Please cure my Sister Miryam |
| Dt03-26b | Supplicated | Please let me enter the land |
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*1 Those interested in statistical counts would do well to study this Rashi. As can be seen the above list has FIVE examples. However as the Sifsay Chachamim points out the description of Moses prayer is different in these 5 verses. For example, sometimes Moses prayer is described as MOSES SCREAMED TO GOD while at other times it is described as MOSES SAID TO GOD. In fact - 5 times Moses spoke to God and requested an answer - 4 times we find the phrase "to God TO SAY - 3 times Moses would not leave God alone till he answered him Hence depending on what you are counting you may find 5 4 or 3 prayers by Moses to God. Such ambiguous counting is common in the Mesorah world and as can be seen all 3 formulations are correct | ||