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

One important focus of grammar is the
plural-singular principles. Many people naively
believe that every sentence must be ALL singular
or ALL plural. In fact combining SINGULAR with
PLURAL is very common in sentences.

A variety of examples and rules are presented
below.  Here are some simple guidelines and
examples

RULE 1
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SINGULR(V) SINGULAR(S)--eg EACH PERSON HE MOUNTS

-- SINGULAR SINGULAR is used to indicate NO
commonality (Every person does it his own way)

EXAMPLE
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After Benjamin was caught, each of Jacobs sons,
HE MOUNTED HIS DONKEY

(RASHI: They were so upset they mounted
individually without helping each other)


RULE 2
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PLURAL(V) SINGULAR(S) SINGULAR(DO)-eg
-- each person THEY RETURN to HIS inheritance

PLURAL SINGULAR SINGULAR indicates
---- a COMMON act
---- but INDIVIDUALLY done

EXAMPLE
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So the JUBILEE year is a COMMON free-er
of all slaves (PLURAL: THEY RETURN). But
each person goes back to HIS individual
inheritance.

RULE 3
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PLURAL(V) PLURAL (S)--eg THEY offer THEIR sacrifices

PLURAL PLURAL indicates a COMMUNAL act done
by the community as a whole.

EXAMPLE
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So SINGULAR (HE OFFERS) indicates a personal
UP offering while by contrast a PLURAL (THEY
OFFER) indicates a COMMUNITY UP OFFERING
(Brought by the community as a whole)

There are more rules but this will suffice for now

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This whole list and set
---------------- of principles is due to MALBIM
whose teachings on the simplicity of Biblical
exegesis are profound and everlasting. OUr modest
contribution is to present HIS list in tabular
FORMAT.

The list below presents verses which mix SINGULAR
and PLURAL. Here are some rough rules

RULE 1
------
SINGULR(V) SINGULAR(S)--eg EACH PERSON HE MOUNTS

SINGULAR SINGULAR is used to indicate NO
commonality (Every person does it his own way)

RULE 2
------
PLURAL(V) SINGULAR(S) SINGULAR(DO)-eg
-- each person RETURNS to HIS inheritance

PLURAL SINGULAR SINGULAR indicates
---- a COMMON act
---- but INDIVIDUALLY done

RULE 3
------
PLURAL(V) PLURAL (S)--eg THEY offer THEIR sacrifices

PLURAL PLURAL indicates a COMMUNAL act done
by the community as a whole.

There are more rules but this will suffice for now

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

One function of grammar is to provide special words
which create nuances of emphasis. Words like ALSO,
ONLY, BUT, EXCEPT etc.

One such word is IT. A typical Hebrew sentence would
read IT WILL BE HOLY TO YOU (Nu18-09). However several
verses use the alternative construct IT IS HOLY.

Although this construction IT occurs in several verses
the Talmud universally interprets IT as ONLY IT.

The list below gives several examples. We hope
eventually to gather all examples in one place

EXAMPLE
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IT IS A GUILT OFFERING (RASHI: But if it got
exchanged with another animal then that exchanged
animal does not acquire the GUILT OFFERING STATUS)

Hence RASHI interprets IT as meaning ONLY IT

EXAMPLE
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ONLY MALES CAN EAT IT...IT IS HOLY
RASHI: ONLY IT is holy but the comparable
offerings of the NAZARITE RAM or the
THANKSGIVING OFFERING do not have HOLY status.

In the following verses the keyword IT means ONLY IT
This emphasis can eg mean that
- the law ONLY APPLIES to this offering but not to
similar offerings or

- the laws mentioned in the chapter are essential
That is ALL the procedures must be done and then
ONLY IT (when all the procedures are done) enable
the sacrifice to achieve its status.

- All procedures in the chapter must be perceived
as parts that contribute to an entire process
(eg A sin offering must have done to it all
procedures in the sin offering chapter and these
procedures must be perceived as making the sin
offering- if they are done in isolation we dont
have a sin offering)

We hope to eventually have all IT Rashis in this list