SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main tasks is to explain
GRAMMAR the same way modern Hebrew books
explain GRAMMAR. We call this the Rashi GRAMMAR rule.
Rashi had three broad sub-rules in explaining GRAMMAR

(1) A major component of Hebrew GRAMMAR are the rules
governing conjugations of VERBS, or HEBREW ROOTS.
There are 7 grammatical modes with half a dozen
parameters: tense, person, gender, plurality,
connective words...

(2) Another component of GRAMMAR deals with
PREFIXES-SUFFIXES and other letters, or small words,
that  indicate changes in meanings.This PREFIX-SUFFIX
subrule includes the rules governing the rules of
plural, gender, pronouns etc. We are still making
discoveries of PREFIX-SUFFIX rules today.

(3) Finally a more advanced part of GRAMMAR deals
with the rules of entire SENTENCES. The SENTENCE
rules includes the rules governing sentence order,
apposition, and compound sentences

Today we deal with the following rule governing
adverbial modifiers of verbs
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The adverbial phrase FOR YOU indicates doing an activity
for personal reasons.
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A similar parallel rule does not exist in English.
Here are some examples.

EXAMPLE 1: Nu27-18b pick FOR YOURSELF Joshua
RASHI: Moses PERSONALLY knew Joshua

EXAMPLE 2: Nu13-02b: Send FOR YOURSELF spies
RASHI: Send if YOU WANT TO

EXAMPLE 3: Ex25-08a Make FOR ME a Temple
RASHI: Specifically DEDICATE it to God

EXAMPLE 4: Ex25-02a Take for ME Temple Gifts
RASHI: Specifically DEDICATE it to God

EXAMPLE 5: Ex18-27a He went FOR HIMSELF to his land
RASHI: He went for PERSONAL reasons (He founded a society
devoted to serving God)

EXAMPLE 6: Nu10-02a,b Make FOR YOURSELF trumpets
RASHI: PERSONAL Trumpets (No one else will use them)
RASHI: PERSONAL trumpets (made from your own funds)
RASHI: PERSONAL trumpets (People will Trumpet only for you)

EXAMPLE 7: Gn32-32a The sun ROSE FOR JACOB after Peniayl
RASHI: It was a cloudy period; but the sun shone early
that day since he was limping and needed the warmth.

EXAMPLE 8: Egypt cried/mourned FOR HIM(Jacob)
RASHI: Jacob did Egypt a personal favor by cutting the
famine period from 7 years to 2 years--hence the mourning
was personal and focused on Jacob

EXAMPLE 9: The Burial plot I bought FOR MYSELF
RASHI: Esauv is genealogically the oldest. Although
Jacob received the blessings Esauv still had burial
rights in Chevron. Hence Jacob BOUGHT him off so he
could have the burial plot FOR HIMSELF.

EXAMPLE 10: (To Aaron) Take FOR YOURSELF a calf for
a sin offering to enter the Priesthood
RASHI: The calf was also personal--it atoned for
the GOLDEN CALF that Aaron had made.

EXAMPLE 11: (God to Moses) Carve FOR YOURSELF two tablets
RASHI: The GOLD SHAVINGS of the tablets will be yours
RASHI: You Moses broke the tablets so that the God Israel
relationship should not be stained by idolatry. Now that
they have been forgiven FOR YOURSELF, go and continue
what you started---reunite God-Israel by making two tablets

EXAMPLE 12: Lemech took FOR HIMSELF 2 wives
RASHI: One for children and one FOR HIMSELF (For sex)

EXAMPLE 13: She conceived FOR HIM a child
RASHI:The child was raised to be LIKE HIM (same
personality characteristics)

EXAMPLE 14: Give (to the poor) the missings missed FOR HIM
RASHI: Even personal needs such as a wife (If a poor person
is not married help him get married)

EXAMPLE 15: Prepare FOR YOURSELF the highway
RASHI: The signs should have REPEATED MESSAGES so that
if one copy of the message erodes from the weather the
other copy will be there FOR YOU (These signs pointed
the way to REFUGE cities for negligent murderers)

EXAMPLE 16: Let us(Egypt) prepare FOR THEM (the Jews)
RASHI: They studied the Jewish religion. God had promised
not to bring a flood on the world.  Hence the Egyptians
thought they could 'get away' with killing Jewish babies
by hurling them in the Nile (So in this sense the
preparation for the Jews was PERSONAL, DIRECTED FOR THEM)

EXAMPLE 17: If you build FOR ME an Altar
RASHI: Dedicate the Altar for me.

EXAMPLE 18: The King should not have excessive money FOR HIM
RASHI: That is no EXCESS PERSONAL funds; However the King
may have sufficient funds to entertain Royal guests in a
befitting manner.

EXAMPLE 19: Travel FOR YOURSELF from your land(God to Abraham)
RASHI: The travel is not just an order but rather you will
benefit---you will acquire wealth and independence

Note that any one of these Rashis might appear, by itself,
as homiletic. But the rules taken together create a list
which justifies the rule.

LIST705a below summarizes this list.

List of verses with      FOR ME indicating PERSONAL use

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10