*1 Kuph-Nun-Hey occurs here in the causative mode---the
Jews CAUSED GOD TO BE POSSESSIVE

*2 So Moses response to Joshua is understood as follows:
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These people say (prophetically) that I will
die.

You should  therefore leave them alone as
my honor is enhanced by encouraging prophecy
(even if it is bad for me)
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*10 The actual texts of Rashi are interesting.
Rashi states different definitions in different
Rashis. One has to literally read all 8 Rashis/Verses
to get a comprehensive view that Kuph-Nun-Hey
means EITHER
- to stand firm on ones rights
- to not overlook ones rights
- to be possessive
See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/nu05-14b.htm for
a fuller discussion.

After reading the above verses one sees that
Kuph-Nun-Hey can refer to violent affirmation
of rights (REVENGE) but need not necessarily do so

*1 e.g Nu24-17(Bilam gives BIRDS EYEVIEW of Jews future
Songs04-08 (The lover SCANS from the hilltop)*10

*2 E.g. Ex15-01 the SONG of Moses and Israel*10 or
Ju05-01 The SONG of Deborah
Here we translate SONG as VISION

*3 Radack says the proper translation is FORTRESS WALL
Some examples are
Gn49-06 Simon and Levi destroyed the FORTRESS WALL of Schem
Gn49-22 Girls SCAN the wall to look at Josephs beauty

*4 Technically speaking  the OX does not SCAN
Rather the ox PLOUGHS the field and
PLOUGHING has the same FORM as SCANNING
(Just one is done with vision and one with
a plow).

Thus this example--OX-PLOUGH-SCAN
--would belong with our list of items named
by their FORM (Other examples of naming by
the FORM OF AN ACTIVITY are
brainSTORMING, SURFing the net etc)

See LIST814a for further examples of NAMING BY FORM

*5 We can see here the unifying aspect. Any of the
following translations would seem to fit
- I will go according to the FANTASIES of my heart
- I will go according to my POETIC VISION
- I will go according to my BIRDS EYEVIEW of my FUTURE

*10 We have followed RADACK, BOOK OF ROOTS in
identifying the roots of these words. Radack
himself notes that the proper classification
of the SHIN-RESH-RESH verb may be SHIN-VUV-RESH

*1 There are two steps here
- DOUGH (the object) refers to DOUGH RISING (Verb)
- DOUGH RISING refers to ANY SWELLING

Similarly
- FLY (Housefly) refers to FLIGHT OF HOUSEFLY(Verb)
- HOUSEFLY FLIGHT refers to ANY TYPE OF FLYING

In each case the original narrow meaning (housefly flight,
rising dough) refers to the general activity form.
See LIST050d for further details.

*2 That is the visual form of SCANNING is identical to
the physical form of PLOUGHING(See LIST862d for
more information on the root Shin-Vuv-Resh)

*10 Two years ago I published my summary of  Rashi rules
which can be found at
http://www.rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm There I
advocate 6 classes of Rashi rules.

Based on a paper I recently presented I believe that
from a point of view of computer science it is better
to say that there are 5 classes of Rashi rules. This
new approach will be summarized in a new version of
this paper which I will publish later in this year
or next.

*1 THere is a sort of double pun here.
AP means both anger and nostrils
So we could equally translate the verse as
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smoke arose in His nostrils
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or

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smoke arose from His anger
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The rest of the verse echoes this double pun
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smoke arose from His anger/nostrils
and fire consumes from  His mouth
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*2 Again the double metonomy shows itself
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on these
smoke arises from my anger
a fueled fire the whole day
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*3 Again the double metonomy shows itself
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smoke arises from His anger
fire consumes from His mouth
coals are inflamed from Him
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Actually we have here a triple metonomy:
anger-heat-smoke anger-heat-fire and
anger-heat-fire-coal

*4 P074-01 conveniently identifies the meaning
of the double metonomy
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God
Why have you deserted us
--- ---- --- smoked your anger on us
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We conclude  that SMOKING ANGER indicates
DESERTING.

*1 MeLiLoTh vs MiLeL

*2 SeiF means BRANCH; SayAFiM means branches of
thought--paranoic fantasies. Similarly AMIR
means HEAD BRANCH and also SPEECH

*3 A beautiful etymology due to Rav Hirsch
ADVICE are  those thoughts that are FRUITful
Ayin-Tzade vs Ayin-Tzade-Hey

*4 RoEh vs Raayon. In both cases we refer to
thoughts as ploughing and grazing mental
pastures.

*5 The actual verse is translated as follows
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a ROOT that BREADS POISONOUS HERBS
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Hence we have translated it as WILD WEED
and PARANOIC THOUGHTS (These of course are
simply good approximations)

*10 This is an excellent exercise in how NOT
to interpret Rashi

It looks like Rashi is commenting on superfluity
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Why does it say TRIBES and also say ALL PEOPLE
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Rashi appears to answer this question with an
ellipsis Rashi actually says
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Heads TO YOUR tribes
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So it looks as if Rashi is providing an
elliptical interpretation
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Rashi seems to interpret the Biblical words
HEADS TRIBES as HEADS TO YOUR TRIBES
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But we can demur to this explanation
- Ellipsis by and large is a technique
used in Poetical context to provide
emphasis. It is not usually used in
ordinary lists.

I would therefore answer the question as
to why it says TRIBES and ALL JEWS as follows
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The phrase ALL JEWS refers to WHO was
there--namely all Jews.

The phrase TRIBES refers to the FORM of
those that were there--namely they were
assembled each person in his tribes slot
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So when Rashi says HEADS TO EACH TRIBE
Rashi is NOT providing an ellipsis between
HEADS and TRIBES. Rather Rashi is commenting
on the word HEADS (and equally on ELDERS and
JUDGES).

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Both Heads, elders and judges of
ALL OF ISRAEL as well as each TRIBE
was standing there Therefore the verse states
- HEADS (Of tribes)
- Tribes
- Elders (By Tribe!)
- Judges (By Tribe!)
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In short Rashi
- is providing a small comment on which
HEADS, ELDERS and JUDGES were there

- Rashi does NOT answer the question as
to why it says TRIBES and ALL JEWS

- The (obvious) answer to this question
is that the Jews were assembled BY TRIBE

Thus this Rashi provides a good exercise in
how to properly interpret Rashi

*1 Lv21-18 says
- Blemished priests dont serve BECAUSE blemished
- priests dont serve

Mal01-08 amplifies this
- Would you give a blemished animal to your governor?
- Would he like it? Would he grant your favor?

*2 Rashis approach to the verse is literal--Bilam was
a prophet and he foresaw the defeat of Amalayk by
the Jews.

Therefore the next phrase in the verse--
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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This next phrase (GO HIGHER) would refer to
the Kings after Shaul--to David and Solomon
who had greater Kingdoms and greater victories
than Shaul*10

*3 So the point of the verse is that not only
were the nation of individual Jews there but
that each Jew had his/her very own tribe.

Already the Patriarch Jacob laid down the
modern idea that Jews must be able to live
with people they are compatable with.

In fact the layout of tribes given by
Jacob (Gn49) and Moses (Nu02) are basically
the same (See http://www.rashiyomi.com/gn50-13a.htm)
Thus Rashi borrowed the idea of JEWS BY TRIBE
and applied it to Dt29-09

*10 It is also possible to have a poetic approach to
these verses. Thus
- AGAG from GAG would refer to the ROOF nations,
that is, nations who think that they are self
sufficient (Their own ROOF) and dont need God.

The ROOF nations include AMALAYK under King AGAG
They would also include the MAGOG kingdom under
king GOG (See Ez38) which the Jews will defeat
in Messianic times.

The second phrase in the verse
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His(Jewish) Kingdom will be higher than AGAG
and his (Jewish) reign will go higher
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would therefore refer to King Messiah

*1 Some of these verses simply describe the idols that
the Jews saw while other verses describe a curse
that they will have to work with people who serve
idols. This difference is immaterial to the further
distinctions in these verses

*2 WOOD STONE gODS are simply there. By contrast

*3 SILVER GOLD gODS are WITH THEM. The emphasis given
by this contrasting phrase suggests that pagans
kept there GOLD SILVER gODS in their house because
they were worried about theft*10 *11

*10 There are Biblical precedents for worrying about theft
See Gn31-30 where Labans gods were stolen

*11 Note the skillful way we performed the alignment

It would be INCORRECT to argue as follows
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Dt29-16 You saw pagan gods
WOOD STONE
GOLD SILVER WITH THEM
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For in such a case the phrase WITH THEM could easily
refer back to all items in the verse (to both
the WOOD STONE GOLD and SILVER).

The correct approach to the alignment is to align
several verses speaking about pagan gods and
note that in only one of them is the phrase WITH THEM
mentioned (and that one occasion is in the verse
mentioning GOLD and SILVER gods suggesting a worry
about theft).