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*1  My contention is that
    -The Hebrew ShCaL in the PIEL MODE means LOSE A small CHILD
    -The Hebrew ShCaL in the KAL MODE means LOSE AN adult CHILD
    Thus the Rashi technique used her would be the technique
    of ROOT + PREPOSITION. See footnote *10 *11 for details

*10 This conjecture of mine that SHCAL+PIEL=LOSE SMALL CHILDREN
    while SCHAL+KAL=LOSE ADULT CHILDREN  does not occur in the
    traditional (or modern) list of meanings. It is a novelty
    of mine with very few examples. Nevertheless the few
    examples do point with statistical significance to a new
    meaning. Here are some statistics

    --There are 22 occurences of SHCAL in KAL or PIEL
    --18 (or 80%) occur in the Piel and refer either
      to miscarriages of losing small children
    --4 or 20% occur in the KAL. But these 4 seem to
      refer to losing BIGGER CHILDREN. The 4 verses are
      presented immediately below. Logically if we accept
      the traditional interpretation of PIEL as the
      INTENSE MODE then KAL would be a weaker grammatical
      mode and hence could apply to LOSING big CHILDREN
      vs LOSING small CHILDREN.

    The 4 verses where SCHAL occurs in the KAL and refers to
    loss of bigger children are
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    ---Gn43-14 referring to Jacobs loss of Joseph & Binyamin
    ---Gn27-45 referring to Rachels loss of Jacob and Isaac
    ---1S15-33 referring to King Aggags Mother
    ---Isa49-21 referring to the loss of Mother Jewish Community
    ------------------------------------------------------------

    Note that in each case we can prove that the children lost
    were adults. E.g. It explicitly says that Joseph was 17
    years old (and hence not a small child). Thus SCHAL in
    Gn43-14 refers to a teenager (cf Gn37-02)

    Similarly King Aggag was a grown adult when Shmuel killed
    him---thus Aggags Mothers loss was the loss of an adult.
    Similarly in Isa49-21 Mother Jewish Community is mourning
    the loss of its adult members.

    Note that besides these 22 verses where SCHAL occurs in
    the KAL-PIEL there are 2 verses where it occurs in the
    HIFIL mode.

*11 As pointed out in footnote #10, SCHAL usually occurs
    in the PIEL tense. But the PIEL tense can mean NEGATION
    Thus the Hebrew word for TAKE ROOT--SHORESH-- when
    used in the PIEL, means to UPROOT. Similarly SCHAL which
    refers to a GRAPE CLUSTER (ESHCOL) would mean in the
    PIEL MODE, the FALLING OF THE GRAPE CLUSTER (symbolizing
    miscarriage or the loss of children)

*1 I suggest that
   -the Hebrew root SCHAL in the PIEL mode
    means to bury SMALL children
   -the Hebrew root SCHAL in the KAL mode means to
    bury ADULT children

   See footnote #11 for further details.

*10 As always in this email-list, the meanings of the root
    SCHAL, come from the RADACKs book, ROOTS. Interestingly
    RADACK includes the meaning GRAPE CLUSTER with the
    with other meanings referring to LOSING CHILDREN. By
    contrast Mendelkorn does not list ESCHOL under the root
    SCHAL.

    Clearly Mendelkorn is wrong. For it is well known in
    Hebrew that the PIEL mode can mean NEGATION. Let us
    give an analogy: The Hebrew root SHARESH means to TAKE
    ROOT. But in the PIEL mode this Hebrew root means to
    UPROOT. Similarly, the Hebrew root SCHAL which means
    GRAPE CLUSTER would in the PIEL mode mean A FALLING
    OF THE GRAPE CLUSTER (symbolizing a FALLING OF EMBRYOS,
    a miscarriage).

*11 Actually the distinction between burying BIG and SMALL
    children is a conjecture of mine. Rashi simply explains
    that the Hebrew root SCHAL can mean both to MISCARRY
    as well as to BURY CHILDREN.

    I conjecture based on a small but statistically significant
    number of verses that SCHAL in the PIEL MODE means to
    MISCARRY OR BURY SMALL CHILDREN while in the KAL mode it
    means to BURY BIG CHILDREN. The details of this were given
    in footnote 10 of the first table in this series.

*1 See URL http://www.RashiYomi.Com/naming-8.htm This URL
   describes the 8 METHODS BY WHICH THINGS ARE NAMED.

   Sometimes things are named by what they LOOK LIKE: For
   example the PENTAGON building looks like a PENTAGON; or
   SURFING the web, has the same BUMPY form of SURFING THE
   SEA; or CUTTING FEET or WHEELS has the same form as
   CUTTING ROOTS.

*2 See URL http://www.RashiYomi.Com/naming-8.htm This URL
   describes the 8 METHODS BY WHICH THINGS ARE NAMED.

   By contrast to e.g. PENTAGON which names items by what
   they look like, UN (United NATIONS) names a BUILDING
   not by its form but by its FUNCTION and PURPOSE. Similarly
   CAN OPENER or TYPEWRITER names an object by function.

   The FUNCTION of the ROOT is to help the plant give
   fruit; so an UPROOTED PLANT and BARREN WOMEN have lost
   the same FUNCTION (to be able to give birth).

*3 See footnote #2 for a discussion of naming things by
   FUNCTION.

   The EKER is a person who is sold as a slave to idols.
   This person performs all services of the idol (cleaning
   and maintenance) and is totally deprived of his ordinary
   life.

   A FUNCTION of the ROOT is to give the
   plant nourishment. So an UPROOTED PLANT and a SLAVE(TO
   IDOLATRY) are both cut off from major sources of
   life.

*1 Rashi comments on this verse to inform us that
   SCHAL can ALSO refer to the loss of BIG CHILDREN.

   See my conjecture in footnote 10 of Table 1 that
   SCHAL+KAL is to used for the death of BIG children
   while SCHAL+PIEL is used for the death of SMALL
   children. It appears that this might be Rashis
   intention

*2 Note Rashis point: SCHAL could mean either MISCARRIAGE
   or BURIAL of Children. Since animals frequently lose
   their young Rashi interprets the verse: YOUR FLOCK
   WILL NOT MISCARRY--the blessing applied to the infrequent
   possibility (Note that Gn42-36a and Gn42-36b deal with
   two issues: Meaning of SCHAL vs GRAMMATICAL form of SCHAL)


*3 Compare Gn42-36 vs Gn43-14: In Gn43-14 Jacob uses
   the PASSIVE FORM:
   ---------------------
   MY CHILDREN were LOST.
   ---------------------
   By contrast in Gn42-36 Jacob uses the ACTIVE FORM:
   -----------------------------
   WHY DID YOU KILL MY CHILDREN.
   -----------------------------
   Rashi explains that Jacob was doing more than complaining
   about the possible loss of Shimon (who was in Jail). Jacob
   was ALSO accusing the brothers of Killing (or ignoring)
   Shimon or selling him off (to save themselves). (It would
   appear from this Rashi that Jacob suspected the brothers
   of selling Joseph into slavery)

*4 Gn43-14 is literally translated as
   -------------------------------------------------
   & Just as I LOST children so I WILL LOSE children
   -------------------------------------------------
   Rashi explains the PAST vs FUTURE:
   --Jacob HAD LOST Shimon and Levi
   --Jacob is NOW AFRAID of losing BENJAMIN

*5 Ex23-26 and Dt07-14 both state Gods blessing when
   the Jews come to Israel
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   Neither you nor your animals will have BARREN or MISCARRIES
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   Rashis point here is that we translate AKAR as BARREN
   rather than e.g. a blessing that no one will have their
   feet cut off. The point is that the two verses Ex23-26
   and Dt07-14 are similar and illumine each other--hence
   we translate AKAR the same way we translate SCHAL as
   MISCARRY

*6 First things First: All of Gn49 refer to the tribes
   as Animals. Think of Shagals famous windows: Judah
   is a Lion, Naftali is a Gazelle and Joseph is an
   Ox (cf Moses Blessing in Dt33-17.)

   Next: Gn49-06 could equally mean YOU TRIED TO CUT
   JOSEPHS FEET OFF or YOU TRIED TO CASTRATE JOSEPH etc
   Rashi picks the most logical meaning, the meaning
   consistent with context: I dont know the French
   Rashi used, but the most consistent meaning is the
   meaning of SLAVE. So the verse YOU UPROOTED THE OX
   in Gn49-06 would mean
   ------------------------------
   Your sold Joseph into slavery
   ------------------------------
   This is similar to the meaning in Lv27-45.