VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain Grammar the same
way modern Grammar books do. Grammar deals with many topics
In this posting we deal with the grammatical rules governing
sentences. Most Biblical verses are complete sentences. However
in certain rare cases TWO Verses form ONE sentence. A list of
examples is provided below

EXAMPLES Lv17-16a
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Lv17-16 and Lv17-17 neatly form a single sentence with
compound if clauses.
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IF you eat a carcass THEN
''''''''''''''''''''''''  if you immerse  THEN you-re pure
''''''''''''''''''''''''  if you dont     THEN you-re impure
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Rashi suggests reading this as a multi-verse sentence.
That is it reads as follows
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IF you eat a carcass THEN if you immerse  THEN you-re pure
IF you eat a carcass THEN if you dont     THEN you-re impure
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EXAMPLE Lv17-03:05
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These 3 verses form one unit. From the alignment
of the subparts we infer various nuances of meaning.
For example the first 2 verses state
-- a person who slaughters ...
-- and doesn-t bring to temple for an offering
Hence Rashi states that
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We speak about slaughtering for an offering
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Rashi infers this from the multi-verse sentence

For further examples of multi-verse sentences see
http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn46-31a.htm We will eventually
convert this entire posting to list form

The multi-verse sentence Lv17-03:05. Footnotes clarify the
nuances learned from the alignment.

The clauses in Lv17-16:17 form a nested IF-THEN structure.

Computer programmers in any language will immediately recognize
the nested structure.

Rashis point is that the FIRST IF CLAUSE carries over to BOTH
SECOND CLAUSES.
-- If you eat a carcass and DO immerse and wait till eve--then pure
-- If you eat a carcass and DONT immerese-------then you are impure

This is also an example of the export import law of logic which
states that the sentence structure
----- IF A THEN IF B THEN X
means the same thing as
----- IF A and B THEN X
In other words the DOUBLE IF becomes a CONJUNCTION(AND)

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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TO BORDER means to make a Border. In general (as
shown in the lists below) every noun (object) can
denote a verb (activity). There are 3 primary ways
a noun (object) can become a verb(activity)
-- You can REMOVE the object (eg to DUST)
-- You can CREATE the object (eg to FLOWER)
-- You can USE the object (eg to HAMMAR)

EXAMPLE: Lv17-04a BLOOD means TO BLOOD=TO KILL

In the following list the VERB derived from
the noun means TO MAKE THE NOUN(eg TO FLOWER)

In the following list the VERB derived from
the noun means TO REMOVE THE NOUN(eg TO DUST)

In the following list the VERB derived from
the noun means TO USE THE NOUN(eg TO HAMMAR)

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way modern Hebrew grammar books explain
grammar.

One important concept in grammar is gender.
Recall that every noun has a gender. One
of Rashis jobs is to indicate Noun-Gender

EXAMPLE Lv17-14b
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For the SOUL of all FLESH---SHE is in the BLOOD

RASHI:  SOUL=is FEMININE
FLESH,BLOOD=MASCULINE
Hence the sentence translates
-For the SOUL (of all fleshes) IS in their blood

In other words Rashi identifies the reference of the
pronoun to the word SOUL

EXAMPLE Dt28-61 Dt29-20a
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Dt28-61   In the book of THIS TORAH
RASHI: Both THIS and TORAH are feminine
Dt29-20a  In THIS BOOK of the Torah
RASHI: Both THIS and BOOK are masculine

Other examples are presnted in the list below

Nouns in Hebrew have GENDER
Rashi indicates GENDER of words
in the list below In each case
a pronoun is MASCULINE or FEMININE
and Rashi indicates the noun it
refers to

Since GENDER is a well understood concept we suffice with this
list and do not eg give other verses where this gender is
illustrated.

As the footnotes show, even though GENDER is well understood,
Rashi had a need to comment because there were several nouns
in the verse and therefore clarification is needed on which
noun the pronoun IT refers to. This is done by GENDER considerations