SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A variety of Biblical commandments use SYMBOLIC PUNS to remind
either important situations or moral principles. However by
gathering several examples together the force of the symbolic
interpretation as something natural becomes more apparent.
(For a full discussion of the rules governing symbolic
interpretation visit http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm.)

EXAMPLE 1 Nu21-09a
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Moses made a SNAKE with COPPER color. The COPPER color
symbolizes the SNAKE since in Hebrew SNAKE and COPPER
come from the same root

EXAMPLE 2 Gn06-14a
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Noach made the ark from GOFER wood since in Hebrew GOFER
and MOLTEN LAVA (GFRIT) have the same root The generation
of the flood was punished with molten LAVA

EXAMPLE 3 Ex20-23a
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Steps (vs ramps) were prohibited in the temple because
in Hebrew the word for FANTASIES comes from the same
root as the word for steps (One should not FANTASIZE
(use steps) in the Temple)

EXAMPLE 4 Ex17-11a
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Moses raised his hands during prayer to symbolize that
the Jews should direct their thoughts upward in prayer

EXAMPLE 5 Ex20-23b
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The Bible prohibited embarassing stones with ones
nakedness (How much more so one shouldnt embarass people)

EXAMPLE 6 Lv20-15a
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We execute animals who sleep with people to symbolize
that adultery (with people) is a serious crime

EXAMPLE 7 Dt12-02
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We are commanded to destroy idolatrous trees; how much more
so should we destroy idolatrous people

List of commandments     with symbolic puns and personification

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way modern Hebrew textbooks explain grammar
One function of grammar is to identify SPECIAL WORDS
such as WITH, OF, FROM etc. These connective words
occur frequently and connect sentence fragments.

Many of these connective words have multiple meanings

EXAMPLE
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ETH can mean FROM

We present several verses where ETH means FROM

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Everyone is familiar with the idea that Hebrew is
based on triliteral ROOTS. These triliteral roots can
be CONJUGATED in a variety of forms. Each distinct
conjugation gives rise to a distinct meaning. Hence it
can happen that two conjugations are spelled almost
identically but mean totally different things.

EXAMPLES
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AwShAwn:AwShAn::Smoke(noun):To smoke(Verb)
PaChaz:PawChaz::Fizz(Noun):To fiz(Verb)
HawMam:Hawmawm::To smash::To smash them
HithHalech:HithHalech::He walked:Walk(Command)
BA-ah::ba-AH::He came::He is coming
Yehgel:YeeGel::He exiled others:He was exiled
YAYlech:YAYgel::He walked(active)::He exiled them(reflexive)

Lists of verb pairs with small spelling-big meaning differences

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Very often the meaning of a root can depend on the
preposition following it. For example in English RUN-TO
vs RUN-FROM have two different connotations. In this list
we review the meanings of the Hebrew root Hey-Lamed-Caph
in the interactive mode*1 which means to WALK*1 The meaning
of WALK (HITHALECH) depends on the preposition
- INTERACTIVELY WALK BEFORE means to WALK and HELP
- INTERACTIVELY WALK WITH means WALK WITHOUT PROBLEMS
- INTERACTIVELY WALK FROM means to FOLLOW

List of verses with      Phrase: walk BEFORE, FROM, WITH
The suggested meanings of each phrase is also presented