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   ENGLISH RASHI:       http://www.mnemotrix.com/metsudah
   THE WHITE PAPERS:    http://www.RashiYomi.Com/white.htm
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GOALS
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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
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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:
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Todays unit comes from the following postings

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn15-17e.htm
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RASHI TEACHES GRAMMAR BY NEAR MISSES


NOTE: Examples 14-16 are repeated from yesterday

EXAMPLE 14: Gn46-26a 1st syllable accent=PAST;Last=PRESENT
EXAMPLE 15: Gn18-20b 1st syllable accent=PAST;Last=PRESENT
EXAMPLE 16: Gn15-17e 1st syllable accent=PAST;Last=PRESENT
EXAMPLE 17: Gn29-06a 1st syllable accent=PAST;Last=PRESENT
EXAMPLE 18: Gn34-29b 1-Vav-2:Accent on 1st;1-2-Hey:Accent last
EXAMPLE 19: Gn42-21b 1st syllable accent=PAST;Last=PRESENT
EXAMPLE 20: Ex01-20a Yay-Lech can be CAUSATIVE or ACTIVE


BACKGROUND
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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.

THE TEXT
--------
My favorite summary is the appendix to the IBN SHOSHAN
dictionary. Rashi here focuses on entries in 2 DIFFERENT
tables which either look alike or almost alike. I call
this the method of NEAR MISSES. We have 4 such near misses

THE RASHI
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In each of the rules below we deal with 2 examples which
have something in common and one minor difference.


NEAR MISS #1
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*a Both examples have the same VERB ROOT FORM--- 1-vav-3
The ACCENT (BA-ah vs ba-AH) determines PAST vs PRESENT
Thus BA-ah means HAD COME(PAST);
ba-AH means COMING (Present)

NEAR MISS #2
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*b Both examples refer to PAST activity:
ACCENT+ROOT determines form:
For 1-vav-3 use accent BA-oo; (Accent on 1st syllable)
for 1-2-hey use accent shav-OO(Accent on last syllable)

NEAR MISS #3
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*c Both examples have the same VERB ROOT FORM - 1-vav-3
PUNCTUATION determines the meaning MODE (the BINYAN):
YE-gel (Puncutation of SEGOL)is CAUSATIVE(he exiled others);
YEE-gel (Punctuation of CHIRIK) is ACTIVE (he exiled)

NEAR MISS #4
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*d Both examples have the same punctuation:
ROOT form determines the meaning MODE
For hey-2-3 YAY-lech means ACTIVE (He walked)
For 1-vav-3 YAY-gel  means CAUSATIVE (He exiled them)

THE LIST
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Here are the contrasting examples. Footnotes refer
to the rules
VERSE TEXT OF VERSE VERSE TEXT OF VERSE
Ex01-20a MADE GOOD for the midwives Lv10-20 its a GOOD idea *3
Lam02-05 He INCREASED their problems Ex01-19 the nation INCREASED
Chr36-30 He EXILED the remnants 2K20-21 they EXILED *3
2K20-21 they EXILED (YeeGel) Gn37-01 he SAT(YayShev) *4
Gn34-29b They BOOTIED (sha-VU) Gn34-27 they CAME(BA-oo)*2
Gn29-06a Rachel is COMING (ba-AH) Gn29-09 she CAME while...*1
Gn46-26a The people COMING to Egypt Gn46-27 the people who CAME
Gn42-21b This is COMING on us Gn34-27 they CAME(BA-oo)*2
COMMENTS
*1 NEAR MISS #1
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*a Both examples have the same VERB ROOT FORM--- 1-vav-3
   The ACCENT (BA-ah vs ba-AH) determines PAST vs PRESENT
   Thus BA-ah means HAD COME(PAST);
   ba-AH means COMING (Present)

*2 NEAR MISS #2
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*b Both examples refer to PAST activity:
   ACCENT+ROOT determines form:
   For 1-vav-3 use accent BA-oo; (Accent on 1st syllable)
   for 1-2-hey use accent shav-OO(Accent on last syllable)

*3 NEAR MISS #3
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*c Both examples have the same VERB ROOT FORM - 1-vav-3
   PUNCTUATION determines the meaning MODE (the BINYAN):
   YE-gel (Puncutation of SEGOL)is CAUSATIVE(he exiled others);
   YEE-gel (Punctuation of CHIRIK) is ACTIVE (he exiled)

*4 NEAR MISS #4
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*d Both examples have the same punctuation:
   ROOT form determines the meaning MODE
   For hey-2-3 YAY-lech means ACTIVE (He walked)
   For 1-vav-3 YAY-gel  means CAUSATIVE (He exiled them)
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