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Volume 12 Number 5
Produced November 19th, 2001
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| Kuph-Tzade: | It has 10 meanings; This continues last issue |
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Rashis covered in this issue |
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| VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
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| Lv14-41d | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Ex22-05b | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Gn03-18a | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Gn41-01a | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Gn08-22d | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Ex28-23b | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Ex25-18d | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Ex16-35c | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Nu11-01e | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Gn19-04b | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
| Gn47-21b | UNIFIED MEANING | Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION OF |
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VERSE: Lv14-41d
RASHIS COVERED: Lv14-41d Ex22-05b Gn03-18a
Gn41-01a Gn08-22d Ex28-23b
Ex25-18d Ex16-35c Nu11-01e
Gn19-04b Gn47-21b
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KTz means TO COMPLETE & END |
BACKGROUND
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One of the 6 major functions of Rashi is to provide a Biblical
dictionary -- that is, to list words and all their meanings.
REFERENCE
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For a small, compact, readable 6 page paper on the 6 Rashi goals
visit http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/rules-01.htm
CONTINUATION
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This module continues the unit started last issue. See
http://www.RashiYomi.com/h12n4.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn27-46a.htm
THE ROOT
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We study the following 4 roots
-- Kuph-Tzade-Tzade
-- Kuph-Tzade-Hey
-- Kuph-Yud-Tzade
-- Yud-Kuph-Tzade
According to Radack these 4 roots have the same meaning
THE RASHI
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Although there are about 1-2 dozen Rashis on KaYTz, the
fundamental Rashis occur at
- Gn41-01a Kuph-Tzade always means END and COMPLETION
- Lv20-33a When Kuph-Tzade means DISGUST it has a connotation
of disgust like overeating--of having Enough of something
THE LIST
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We have presented the 6 Rashis on Kuph-Tzade meaning DISGUST
last time. In this posting we present two lists. In this 1st
list we LIST the 10 meanings of Kuph-Tzade and show how these
10 meanings illustrate two concepts
-- CUTTING, MAKING AN END
-- COMPLETION, HAVING ENOUGH OF SOMETHING
In the 2nd list we simply list the meanings, verses where this
meaning occurs, the text of the verses as well as the relation
of the particular meaning to the fundamental primary meaning |
| PRIMARY MEANING | KTz MEANS | Relation of MEANING to PRIMARY |
| End, Completion | ----------- | ------------------------------------ |
| --------------- | Disgusted | Had enough of(It must end) *1 |
| --------------- | Awake | Enough rest (End of rest) *2 |
| --------------- | Summer | Ripening/completion of fruit*3 |
| --------------- | Dry figs | Complete Ripening process*4 |
| --------------- | Whole thing | from END to END*5 |
| To cut;make end | ----------- | ------------------------------------ |
| --------------- | thorns cut | Thorns cut*6 |
| --------------- | borders | end of object*7 |
| --------------- | corners | end of object*8 |
| --------------- | hair locks | On Corners of hair*9 |
| --------------- | Leaders*10 | Ends/Heads/Borders of society |
| --------------- | Whole thing | from END to END*5 |
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| COMMENTS |
*1 Gn41-01a At the COMPLETION of 2 years
*2 cf 2Kn4-31 Gn28-16 (YKTz and KYTz have same meaning)
*3 Gn08-22d (Rashi identifies Summer as the FIG SEASON
and thus connects SUMMER(KaYiTz) with FIGS(KaYiTz)
But I see no reason not to simply identify SUMMER in
general with the RIPENING season Figs are one example
*4 2Sam16-2 (Rashi seems to emphasize this meaning while
Radack does not in his book Roots--at any rate both
Rashi and Radack agree on the general classes of meaning)
*5 The Hebrew-English IDIOM (END TO END) has nuances of both
-- COMPLETION (END TO END means the WHOLE OBJECT)
-- BORDERS (From ONE END to the other END)
Thus this idiom unifies both nuances of KaYTz
*6 cf Ex22-05b and Gn03-18a
*7 eg Ex16-35c
*8 eg Ex28-23b (The strings were attached to the corners
of the choshen)
*9 cf Song05-02 His Locks of hair are braided
*10 Rashi actually cites two opinions on Nu11-01e
-- END OF SOCIETY could mean the LEADERS
-- END OF SOCIETY could mean the RIF RAFS
However it is more consistent with the other entries in
this list to interpret END OF SOCIETY as LEADERS (A similar
dual interpretation applies to Gn19-04b). Thus in this case
we have decided on a preferred meaning by examining other
meaning of the same roots
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Kuph-Tzade means END/COMPLETION |
We continue here the previous list. In this list we exhibit
- the MEANINGS of Kuph-Tzade
- the RELATION of each meaning to the 2 primary meanings of
END & COMPLETION
- a VERSE which contains this meaning
- the SAMPLE text of this verse
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| MEANING | Relation to End | Verse | Sample Text |
| To cut | Make an END | Lv14-41d | Spill the dust they CUT |
| Thorns | They cut | Ex22-05b | ..fire burns THORNS |
| Thorns | THey cut | Gn03-18a | ..thorns & thistles*1 |
| COMPLETION | The END*3 | Gn41-01a | At COMPLETION of 2 years |
| Fig Making | Completion figs | 2Sam16-2 | Bread & figs for kids*3 |
| Summer | Fig Month | Gn08-22d | Summer & winter.... *2 *3 |
| CORNERS | END OF OBJECT | Ex28-23b | Attached to the corners |
| CORNERS | END OF OBJECT | Ex25-18d | Make them on CORNERS |
| BORDER | END OF OBJECT*11 | Ex16-35c | Until they came to border |
| LEADERS | Social-order-end | Nu11-01e | ..God punished LEADERS*3 |
| LEADERS | Social-order-end | Gn19-04b | ..all leaders came*3*4 |
| END TO END | All parts*5 | Gn47-21b | from one end to the other |
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| COMMENTS |
*1 Rashi smoothens the verses reading by INSERTING the CAPPED
Missing phrase:
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The earth will give you thorns and thistles
WHEN YOU PLOUGH
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We have elsewhere discussed this Rashi method of smoothing
out readings by inserting clauses.
Rav Hirsch explains the choice of THORNS and THISTLES.
-- Thorns REPEL & CUT you (Repel)
-- Thistles STICK to YOU (Attract)
These are two extremes; both unwanted
*2 Of course summer is the COMPLETION of all Ripening
*3 In all meanings denoting END there is an element of
COMPLETION, or more precisely, an element that the part
before the end is usable and good. Thus SUMMER ends and
also COMPLETES the ripening process; SLEEP ends and also
COMPLETES the rest process. For further analysis see *10
*4 Rashis exact statement is that
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All Sedomites came for the rape WITHOUT ANY LEADER
ADMONISHING THEM (Because the city had no leaders)
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So Rashi would translate Gn19-04b
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All Sedomite staff of the LEADERS came (because no
one admonished them)
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*5 An idiom
| LONGER FOOTNOTES |
*10 -- DISGUST is like the DISGUST of overeating; in other words
you liked the food but you have HAD ENOUGH (END of eating
but with a connotation of LIKING the initial segment)
-- SUMMER ends and COMPLETES the RIPENING process
-- AWAKENING ends and COMPLETES the rest obtained by sleep
-- CUT is distinct from PULVERIZE; you dont destroy the
object but preserve part of it and give a new border
Thus CUT gives a COMPLETION to the INWARDS of an object
-- On Nu11-01e Rashi cites two opinions about the meaning of
ENDS OF CITY: The city social order has 2 ends: So
it could mean the CITYS LEADERS--the ENDS/HEADS of
society; or, it could mean the RIF-RAFS the social
ends and leftovers of society. HOwever it would
be consistent with this list to interpret ENDS OF
SOCIETY to refer to the LEADERS (A similar opinion
can be made on Gn19-04b)
-- Gn47-21b FROM END TO END is an idiom denoting the
WHOLE, ALL PARTS in the MIDDLE from end to end
*11 Rashi notes a contradiction in the verse
- They ate the Manna until they came to INHABITED LAND
- they ate the Manna until they came to its BORDERS
We have fully discussed the method of contradictory
verses in http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ri-14.htm
Here we use the method of applying the two verses to two
times -- thus they RECEIVED the manna till they arrived
at the border and they ATE the manna till which they
received at the border till they came to civilized land
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RASHI RULE USED: UNIFIED MEANING
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VERSE: v9-11-20
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:54:38 +0100
From: "Gyorgy Kozma"
To:
Subject: Lv14-29
I am reiterating my question in which I once asked you,
what is your understanding of the Vayikra 14:29
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The priest shall then place the rest of the oil that is
in his hand on the head of the person undergoing purification.
[With all = this] he shall make atonement for [the person]
before God.
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More specifically, what is the connection between the oil
annointing of the lepor and the oil annointing of Kings.
Isnt it strange to use this same annointing procedure on 2
such separate segments of society (the lepor and king)
Thanks for your site anyway - your idea about the creation
of prophecy was (and is) a real eyeopener for me.
Uri (ben Mordehai) Kozma (Klein)
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THE 6 RASHI RULE CLASSES(Version 3.2 Dec 15 2001)
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm
Copyright Dec 2001, RashiYomi Inc. Dr Hendel President
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THE DICTIONARY RULE: Rashi can function as a dictionary.
He presents 2-6 meanings of words
REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/words.htm
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* EXAMPLE 1: AL means ON. AL can also mean
- WITH (Eat Passover WITH matzoh Ex12-09e)
- IN (Place the Matzoh IN the basket Ex29-03)
- TO (The boards shall be even from bottom TO top Ex26-24c)
- NEAR (His borders will be NEAR Tzison Gn49-13b)
- AFTER(Offer Peace offerings AFTER the daily Lv03-05a)
* EXAMPLE 2: KI means IF,PERHAPS,RATHER,BECAUSE,WHEN,THAT
Gn18-15a Gn24-33a
* EXAMPLE 3: YDA means FAMILIAR, not KNOW (eg Dt34-10a)
eg Gn04-01 Adam was FAMILIAR with his wife
* EXAMPLE 4: ON THE FACE OF means DURING THE LIFETIME
Nu03-04a Gn11-28a Ex20-03c Dt05-07a
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THE GRAMMAR RULE: Rashi comments on RARE or SIMILAR usages
REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/grammar.htm
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* EXAMPLE 1: BA-ah means CAME;ba-AH means COMING(Gn46-26a)
* EXAMPLE 2:THE SENTENCE: 0.2% of Biblical sentences are 2verses
-(Dt11-07:08) It was not your fathers who saw this;rather you
* EXAMPLE 3: Hitpael has different rules if 1st root letter is
Tzade (USE: Ni-Tz-Ta-Dack not Ni-Th-Tza-Dack--Gn44-16a)
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THE CITATION RULE: Rashi enriches meaning by citing OTHER verses
REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/other-20.htm
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* EXAMPLE 1: Dt26-05d We went down to Egypt with A FEW PEOPLE
ENRICHED by Gn46-27: We went down with 70 people
* EXAMPLE 2: Lv01-05a Non-priests may SLAUGHTER offerings
This law DERIVED from explicit statement in 2Chr30-17
* EXAMPLE 3:Why does Rashi say that Chur is Miriams son(Ex17-10b)
DERIVED from possible interpretation of 1-Chr18-19
* EXAMPLE 4: Gn35-22a Reuven Slept with Bilhah(Fathers concubine)
Gn49-04 Reuven PLAYED with fathers BEDS
CONCLUSION: Reuven inteferred with fathers personal
life(ruffled bedspreads); Bible condemns Reuven by
exaggeration; he is accused of incest which he didnt do
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THE 3 RABBI ISHMAEL RULES: They govern style(broad vs literal)
REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.com/example1.htm thru example9.htm
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* EXAMPLE 1: Simple sentences are always GENERALIZED
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Dt25-04a Dont MUZZLE an OX while it is THRESHING
Rabbi Ishmael: Dont STOP any ANIMAL from eating
while DOING ITS WORK
* EXAMPLE 2: GENERAL-EXAMPLE style always interpreted LITERALLY
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Nu05-12d (GENERAL) If a women DESECRATES her marriage
(EXAMPLE) and commits ADULTERY
Rabbi Ishmael: Nu05 only applies to ADULTERY.
It does not apply to other marriage DESECRATIONS
* EXAMPLE 3: GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style intepreted SIMILARLY
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Lv05-21b (GENERAL) If a man DENIES under oath
(EXAMPLE) ..denies a deposit,loan,theft,wages,lost item
(GENERAL) or ANY DENIAL which he denies
RABBI ISHMAEL: These laws apply to any SIMILAR Example
* The law applies to partnerships, movables and monetary objects
* The law does not apply to real-estate or slander
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THE CLIMAX RULE: The Bible should be interpreted in such a manner
that it reflects CLIMACTIC development to a goal
REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example9.htm
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EXAMPLE 1: Dt19-11a If a man HATES, SPIES, CONFRONTS & KILLS
RASHI: Bible identifies 4 stages to murder(Capped)
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THE FORMATTING PRINCIPLE: Bible had its own method to mimic
bold, bullets, footnotes, paragraphs
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* BOLD: Bible REPEATS words to obtain BOLD emphasis effect
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/doubl-14.htm
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EXAMPLE 1:(Ex12-09c) COOK COOK it in water (So COOKED is bold)
INFERENCE: Prefered to COOK it in water;
But COOK It at all costs(Even if you dont have water)
* BULLETS: Bible indicates bullets by REPEATING KEYWORDS
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Who am I
- THAT I should go to Pharaoh
- THAT I should take the Jews out of Egypt (Ex03-11a)
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RASHI: Repeated word THAT creates BULLET effect
- Pharoh was a difficult king (Bullet one)
- Jews were not yet ready for freedom (Bullet two)
* FOOTNOTES: The Bible indicates FOOTNOTES by ALMOST DUPLICATING
verses but making small minor changes
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/align-58.htm
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EXAMPLE: Ex20-03a
VERSE PHRASE #1 PHRASE #2 PHRASE #3
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Ex20-03 Dont POSSESS the gods of others
Ex20-04 Dont MAKE idols
RASHI: So both POSSESSion & MAKING of idols are prohibited
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End of Rashi is Simple Digest
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