Rashi-Is-Simple Mailing List VISIT the RASHI DATABASE archives AT http://www.RashiYomi.com/ Surfing the Talmudic Seas (C) RashiYomi Incorporated, 2004 Written by Dr Russell Jay Hendel Volume 22 Number 19 For the WORD QUALITY HTML VERSION click here ----------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h22n19.htm ----------------------------------- Produced July 22-nd, 2004 WARNING: USE FIXED WIDTH FONTS (eg COURIER (NEW) 10) |
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Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10 | |||
# | LIST | BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES | |
7 | 910a | NUN=alot,consequence,intense,child:RAGE(anf)=VERY(n) angry(af) | |
7 | 050d | To READY=make oneself ready;DUST=remove dust;HAMMAR=use hammar | |
7 | 811d | P-R-Z means a NON FORTRESSED CITY(as inferred from verses) | |
9 | 070g | Dt01-29:33 forms a multi-verse sentence:Jews lack faith in God | |
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*10 The explanation of the list should be clear - The first column gives the NUMBER of the RASHI RULE used All Rashi rules may be found with examples at http://wwww.Rashiyomi.com/workbook.htm - The second column gives the LIST ID (eg LIST210z) which contains many examples of a particular Rashi technique and includes the example presented in the third column - The third column gives a lightning summary of the Rashi with particular emphasis on the Rashi rule used. |
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VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | |
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Dt01-37a | WORD MEANING | ANF=Very (Nun) Angry(AF) | |
Dt01-41a | WORD MEANING | TO READY = eager to go; | |
Dt03-05a | WORD MEANING | PRZ means NON FORTRESSED CITY | |
Dt01-32a | GRAMMARr | Dt01-29:33 A multi-verse sentence | |
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VERSE: Dt03-05a
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SUCCINT SUMMARY --------------- One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain word meanings the same way the dictionary explains word meanings. Rashi had a variety of methods to infer meaning. A fundamental method of meaning inference was to use collections of verses with the target word EXAMPLE - The word/root PRZ -------------------------------------------- The following verses clearly show that PRZ means a Non-fortressed city - We conquered both FORTRESSED cities BESIDES PRZ - Jerusalem will be a PRZ withOUT A FORTRESS Other verses lend support - The capital city fought 2 days; the PRZ fought 1 - Road and PRZ ceased in Israel | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANINGS | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NAMING BY VERSES | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST811d | |
List of verses with | P-R-Z=NON FORTRESSED cities |
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List of verses with P-R-Z=NON FORTRESSED cities | ||
VERSE | TEXT OF VERSE WITH k-r-h TRANSLATED buy | |
Ez38-11 | I will go to the PRZ=non fortressed cities | |
Dt03-05a | They conquered FORTRESSED cities & the PRZ | |
Zc02-08:09 | Jerusalem will be PRZ without fortress | |
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Es09-13:19 | Capital city fought 2 days;PRZ fought 1 | |
Ju05-07:08 | Roads and PRZ ceased in Israel | |
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*1 Radack notes that this could equally be translated as IN THE BURIAL PLOT WHICH I DUG |
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VERSE: Dt01-32a
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ 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. EXAMPLE: Dt01-29:33 ------------------- - Dont be afraid of these nations - - - God will fight for you - - - like He faught in Egypt - - - Like he led you in Wilderness - But IN THIS MATTER you dont believe in God - - Who walks before you and helps you All Rashi does is assert that IN THIS MATTER refers back to DONT BE AFRAID OF THESE NATIONS By so doing Rashi shows the underlying unity of these verses as forming one sentence stating that JEWS HAVENT LEARNED FROM ALL THE MIRACLES | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | GRAMMAR | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | MULTI-VERSE SENTENCES | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #9 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST070g | |
List of clauses in | Dt01-29:33 |
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List of clauses in Dt01-29:33 | ||
MAIN CLAUSES | EXAMPLES/CAUSES/REASONS | |
Dont be afraid of these nations | ||
God will fight for you*1 | ||
like He faught in Egypt*2 | ||
Like He led you in Wilderness | ||
But IN THIS MATTER*3 | ||
you dont believe in God | ||
Who walks before you | ||
and helps you | ||
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*1 GOD WILL FIGHT FOR YOU is a REASON why you shouldnt be afraid of these nations *2 GODS FIGHTING FOR YOU IN EGYPT is an EXAMPLE of how God fights for you *3 Rashis comment is that IN THIS MATTER refers back to Moses original statement: DONT BE AFRAID OF THESE NATIONS By so connecting the two verses we see that Rashis main point is that Dt01-29:33 is a multi verse sentence reprimanding the Jews for lack of faith in God |
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VERSE: Dt01-41a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain meaning the same way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety of vehicles to explain meaning In this posting we review the methods by which NOUNS/ADJECTIVES become VERBS and vice verse. EXAMPLE Ex27-03b ---------------- DESHEN means DUST; LeDaShayN means TO DUST(To remove dust) EXAMPLE Dt01-41a ---------------- TO READY oneself means to MAKE oneself ready Thus in one case the verb from the noun connotes REMOVAL (to DUST) while in the other it connotes CREATION(to READY) | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANING | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | 8 METHODS OF NAMING | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST050d | |
List of words with | NOUN and VERB forms(To READY=eager) |
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List of words with NOUN and VERB forms(To READY=eager)*10 | |||
NOUN-VERB | VERB Means | TYPE | |
To Plant | Creation (planting) of plants | Create | |
To record | To Create a record | Create | |
To milk | To Create(bring forth) milk | Create | |
To fire*1 | To Create a fire(e.g.in a furnace) | Create | |
To build | To Create a building | Create | |
To worm | To produce/bring forth Worms*2 | Create | |
To BORDER | To make borders*3 | Create | |
EMBROIDER | Make embroidery*4 | Create | |
To READY | Be eager--make oneself Eager | Create*9 | |
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To dust | Removal of dust *5 | Remove | |
To UpRoot | To remove the roots(from the ground) | Remove | |
To DeFrost | To remove the frost | Remove | |
Blood*6 | To remove the blood (ie to KILL) | Remove | |
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To hammar | Do Standard activity done with hammar | Standard | |
To screw | Do Standard activity done with screws | Standard | |
To fan | Do Standard activity done with a Fan | Standard | |
To Dough | Do standard activity with DOUGH*7 | Standard | |
To Fly | FLYING-Standard activity of Housefly | Standard | |
To Straw | GATHER straw(Standard straw activity)*8 | Standard | |
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*1 eg To FIRE a furnace *2 Ex16-20b *3 Ex19-12a *4 Ex28-39a EMBROIDER the pants of LINEN means make them embroidered *5 Nu04-13b, Ex27-03b *6 Lv17-04a *7 As we have explained it TO DOUGH would mean to BAKE. Actually we need another step. A verb can refer to its ACTIVITY FORM. So the 2 steps are - DOUGH becomes TO DOUGH=to BAKE - TO DOUGH becomes TO SWELL (form of DOUGH rising) See LIST814a for more details *8 Ex05-07a Ex05-07b *9 Thus YOU READIED YOURSELF TO FIGHT (Dt01-41a) means that you said WE ARE READY TO FIGHT (That is the Jews created or transformed themselves into a state of readiness) | |||
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*10 We present 3 methods by which OBJECTS (Nouns) acquire ACTIVITY (verb) meaning - eg To RECORD = to CREATE a RECORD - eg To DUST = to REMOVE dust - eg To HAMMER = do STANDARD ACTIVITY of hammar |
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VERSE: Dt01-37a
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words the same way a dictionary explains the meaning of words. One vehicle of word meaning presented by Rashi is the two letter root theory. As everyone know the Hebrew language is based on 3 letter roots which are CONJUGATED in various ways. For example the root S-M-R can mean, I WATCHED (ShMaRTi), YOU WILL WATCH (TiShMoR) etc based on conjugation. In addition to the 3 letter theory Rashi believed in the 2 Letter root theory--that is 3 letter roots govern GRAMMATICAL conjugation while 2 letter roots govern MEANING. Every 3 letter root has a meaning that is determined by the meanings of the 1 and 2 letter roots comprising the root. For example: The letter NUN denotes INTENSITY, ALOT, or INTRINSICness. The list below illustrates this. EXAMPLE ------- - Tauv-Caph means INSIDE. Tauv-NUN-Caph therefore means ALOT INSIDE--in fact Tauv-NUN-Caph denotes the soft inside of the ear. EXAMPLE ------- - BO denotes INSIDE. Beth-Hey-NUN means INTRINSIC to INSIDENESS. In fact, the Bo-Hen denotes the THUMB the organ that enables one to hold an object (The thumb opposes the other fingers and enables held objects to be inside the fist) | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANING | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: | 2 Letter semantic roots | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST910a | |
ROOTS illustrating | NUN=alot,consequence,intense |
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ROOTS illustrating NUN=alot,consequence,intense | |||||
ROOT | MEANS | NUN MEANS | END | MEANS | |
Nun-Beth | HOLLOW | CHILD OF*8 | b | INSIDE | |
Nun-Zayin-Kuf | DAMAGE | CHILD OF | z-k | SPARKS | |
Nun-Mem-Resh | LEOPARD | CHILD OF | m-r | BRAZENNESS | |
Nun-Tzde-Lamd | SAVE | CHILD OF | z-l | SHADE | |
Nun-Kuph-Mem | REVENGE | CHILD OF | k-m | STANDING UP | |
Tauv-NUN-Caph | Earlobe | CHILD OF | T-Ch | INSIDE | |
Beth-Hey-NUN | Thumb | CHILD OF | B | INSIDE*9 | |
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A-M-N | Nurse | Consequence of | A-M | Motherhood | |
Ch-L-N | Window | Consequence of | ChL | empty space | |
Ch M N | Sun-god | Consequence of | Chmh | sun | |
A D N | Happy | Consequence of | A-D | having extra | |
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Sh N H | Sleep*5 | Lots of | Sh.. | Sh... sound*1 | |
D M N | Destroy | Lots of | D-M | silence | |
S Ch N | Abcess | Lots of(Very) | SCh | Low | |
S T N | Satan | Lots of | S-T | deviation | |
G-R-N | Granary | Lots of | G-R | harvest itms*2 | |
D-Sh-N | Plump | Lots of | D-S | growth*3 | |
A-N-F | Enraged | Lots of | A-F | Anger | |
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YRyVN | Fight | Intensely | R-V | disputing*4*10 | |
B---N | between | Intensely | B-O | in | |
B-Ch-N | Test | Intensely | B-O | (look) into*5 | |
Ch ShN | Chshn*4 | Intensely | ChSh | feeling out*6 | |
S R N | Governor | Intense | S-R | Prince*7 | |
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*1 This is onomatopoeia (word meaning by sound) Another (famous) Hebrew example is BAK-BOOK for BOTTLE (Water coming out of a bottle sounds like BAK-BOOK BAK BOOK) *2 A-G-R is said to mean GATHERING but more specifically refers to HARVESTING (eg. Dt28-39 -- you will not drink or harvest wine) *3 D-Sh-A refers to HERBIAGE -- minor field growth. A PLUMP/FAT person could be said that -------------------------------------- HIS field (stomach) IS GROWING WILDLY -------------------------------------- Note that D-Sh-N does frequently mean FAT Also note that FIELD can refer to STOMACH (Songs07-03) *4 Cf Ex21-18 If men FIGHT and one hits the other with a stone or a fist.... *5 Just like the English metaphor for TESTING/INVESTIGATION -- LETS LOOK INTO IT -- *6 The ChShN was one of the eight PRIESTLY garments. The ChShN held the URIM vTUMIM -- these were lettered ornaments with prophetic capacity. When the High Priest asked a question of God he would get the answer by having a vision of the ChShN with the letters answering his question lit up on the URIM. Hence the ChShN containing the URIM vTUMIM enabled the High Priest to FEEL OUT (ChSh) a case -- compare the similar English FEELING OUT A CASE *7 The word SRN refers both to the GOVERNOR as well as to the STATE over which he governs (Cf Joshua 13:3) SR by itself refers to any leader. Hence GOVERNOR (Srn) is an INTENSE (N) Leader (SR) or the PINACLE of LEADERSHIP *8 Throughout the Bible if you want to state that someone was KNOWN for something then you state that the person was the CHILD OF it. eg RIF RAFS are called CHILDS OF NO-NAME *9 Functionally, the THUMB opposes other fingers and enables humans to grasp objects. Hence the THUMB enables things to be held INSIDE ones hand | |||||
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*10 Some scholars interpret a terminal NUN as indicating LESS -- but it should be clear from this example -- YRVN vs RV -- that a terminal NUN indicates INTENSITY (DISPUTE - FIGHT) |
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