*1 The JUSSIVE/COHORTIVE, indicated by a terminal HEY can
indicate
- INTENT
- WISH, or
- GOAL
- INTENDED CONSEQUENCE (So that) *10

*10 The general overview of verbs is the following
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
VERBS indicate ACTIVITY. VERB MODALITY indicates
the relationship between INTENT and REALITY. For example
I WILL TRAVEL GENTLY indicates a future activity and is
called the INDICATIVE modality. By contrast I INTEND
TO TRAVEL GENTLY indicates not the travel itself but
the INTENT to travel. Declarations of intent are called
the JUSSIVE and COHORTIVE. In Hebrew they are indicated
by a terminal HEY at the end of the verb (In English
it is indicated by words like WISH, INTEND, EXPECT).
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

*1 HAD ALREADY indicates the PAST PERFECT; that is, an activity
that happened before another Past activity. In English this
is indicated using the AUXILLIARY VERB HAD. In Hebrew it
is indicated with the PAST CONJUGATION (The ABSOLUTE PAST
is indicated in Hebrew with PREFIX VAV+FUTURE).

Gn03 discusses the sin of Adam/Eve/Snake in Paradise. Gn04-01,
the birth of Kayin HAD HAPPENED before the Paradise sin.
Rashi explains that the birth of Kayin belongs with the verse
prior to the Paradise sin chapter
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Adam and Eve were naked but not embarassed (Involved
in love making). She conceived and gave birth to Kayin
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Rashi explains that the snake saw Eve naked and wanted
Adam killed so he could marry her--hence the interruption
of the story and the use of the PAST PERFECT

*2 LIMPING connotes a PAST EVENT in one point in time. WAS LIMPING
connotes an ongoing past activity. In English an ONGOING
PAST ACTIVITY is indicated using the AUXILLIARY VERB, WAS.
In Hebrew it is indicated by the present conjugation.

*3 REMEMBER connotes a command that should be done once.
CONTINUALLY REMEMBER connotes a COMMAND TO CONTINUALLY
BE INVOLVED AND REPEAT A PERFORMANCE. There is no
PROGRESSIVE COMMAND in English. In Hebrew the PROGRESSIVE
COMMAND is indicated by the infinitive conjugation.

The Talmud explains that CONTINUALLY REMEMBER the
Sabbath implies that e.g. we should be looking the
whole week for good dishes, wine and good bread
for the Sabbath.

*4 (Gn29-08a) The Shepards are describing the following
- we are CURRENTLY doing nothing
- at some FUTURE time we will ALL be gathered
- at that moment we can ROLE the stone

In English this would be expressed as the sentence
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UNTIL WE GATHER AND ROLE THE STONE
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uses a SIMPLE PRESENT since the ROLLING is done
at the same time (PRESENT) as the gathering(PRESENT.

However Hebrew uses the ABSOLUTE FUTURE CONJUGATION
since the ROLLING will be done IMMEDIATELY AFTER
the SHEPARDS gather.
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UNTIL the shepards WILL GATHER and WILL ROLL the stone
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(Ex18-16a)In the second example
which does not use the word UNTIL
- the conditional is indicated with the FUTURE
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when someone WILL HAVE a case
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- the consequent action is indicated with the PRESENT
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then they COME to me
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In English we would use CONDITIONAL PRESENT
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When someone HAS(PRESENT) a case they COME(PRESENT) to me
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*5 The FUTURE connotes something that WILL HAPPEN. In
English we call this the INDICATIVE mode. The
SUBJUNCTIVE mode indicates something that is
EXPECTED to happen. Hence Laban says
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Because you are my relative you SHOULD work
for nothing?
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English indicates the SUBJUNCTIVE with the
auxilliary verb SHOULD. Hebrew indicates
the SUBJUNCTIVE using PREFIX VAV+PAST(Similar
to the way it indicates the FUTURE).

*1 Many examples in this list come from previous
list in the metonomy series (LIST871a,
LIST871b, LIST871c)

*2 See LIST871e for 6 Rashis mentioning this HAND=DOMAIN
theme

*3 See LIST871f for verses where NSA means GIFT

*4 Rashi citing the Midrash Rabbah states
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Your violence is something you VIOLATED
from Esauv (You are killing like Esauv)
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But I see no reason to see this Midrash
as the PRIMARY simple meaning of the
verse. The PRIMARY meaning of the verse
is that Shimon and Levi were criminals
The Midrash is simply adding a pun to this
observation.

*5 See LIST871g for some examples

*6 This is a common metonomy that occurs in English
(eg America-Americans etc).

Rashi is cute here: He EXPLAINS the metonomy
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When the soldiers die at sea their loved ones
back in Egypt also suffer and in effect are
smitten by God
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Rashi does not contradict the metonomy--he
simply shows why it is convenient to identify
the LAND and PEOPLE.

*7 The night was traditionally divided into three
times of Guard duty. The GUARD DUTY near dawn
was called the MORNING WATCH (Cf Ju07-19 for
confirmation that there was a BEGINNING WATCH, MIDDLE
WATCH and DAWN WATCH)

*8 The phrases SEEK GOD, SEEK IN GOD, occur in several
verses and denote SEEKING ADVICE OF GOD. Compare for
example (1S09-09, 1K22-08 or even 2K01-03 (Seeking
advice of idolatrous gods). For alternate meanings
see note *10.

*9 The exact verse text is
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You will have to remove the old grain for the new
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This means
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You will have plenty
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In other words removal of the OLD for the NEW
is simply something RELATED to PLENTY. The main
theme is plenty.

Similarly the Biblical text
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The threshing season will bump into the harvest season
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means
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you will have plenty
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Again the fact that we are STILL threshing when the
harvest comes is something RELATED to having plenty.
The main point is that there is PLENTY.

*10 On Gn25-22e there is a delightful Ramban Rashi controversy
Ramban points out that SEEK GOD can mean PRAYER. Rashi
holds it means PROPHETIC ADVICE. I brought about a dozen
verses which clearly show that
- SEEK GOD can and does refer to PRAYER
- SEEK GOD can and does refer to PROPHETIC ADVICE
- SEEK GOD can and does refer to BOTH Prayer/Prophecy
Hence I regard Ramban not as disagreeing with Rashi but
rather as complementing him. For further details see
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn25-22d.htm

*11 Clearly the Hebrew YeeChad comes from the root CHAD
which means SHARP. Rashi brings two opinions
- It means HE SHARPED (Mirthed at a SHARP WORD)
- It means HE TWINGED (Upset at PAINFUL news)

But Radack brings STRONG support that CHAD means
mirth. Indeed, in other verses, CHAD does mean
MIRTH (As in eg Neh08-10 or P021-07).

This controversy between Rashi and Radack
can be resolved Grammatically. The grammatical
form of VaYeeChad (Chirik, Patach) could come from
either
- INTENSE MODE of 1-2-Hey roots(Cheth-Daleth-Hey) or
- PASSIVE MODE of 1-2-2 roots(Cheth-Daleth-Daleth)

In the intense mode CHAD means MIRTH(Radack)

But in the PASSIVE MODE it would correspond to
RECEIVING (PASSIVE!) a SHARP twinge at hearing
bad news.

Hence the controversy is on the root and mode
of the word.

This explanation makes both viewpoints respectable
since Rashi would concede that CHEDVAH which
definitely comes from Cheth-Daleth-Hey means
MIRTH; Rashi could still maintain that Yee-Chad
means TWINGED since it comes from a different root

Rashi also points out that the translation
TWINGED would show that despite Jethros
happiness he still felt sorry for the Egyptians
thus showing the conflict between his past(non-jew)
and future (friend of Jews)

*12 AFTERNOON-LIGHT-OIL is an example of DOUBLE METONOMY
See LIST871c for other examples.

*13 Although Rashi comments on the phrase OIL-OLIVES the
phrase does not occur in Dt28-02b. This is obviously
a scribal error. (See sifsay Chachamim who "explains"
why the Rashi comments differ in the two verses. My
point of view is that Rashi is stating the same thing
and through a scribal error the Rashi was erroneously
repeated in Dt28-02b.

*14 The Hebrew root used is Nun-Pay-Lamed.
One naiive translation is FALL.
But EVEN if we translate this way we have Rashi reading
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RASHI: She FELL AT SIGHT OF HIM--this means
-----  She Fell in love with him at first sight
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But Rashi goes deeper. Most people falling in love
do not fall down. Rather they feel dizzy and perhaps
sway. Rashi (as does the Radack) points out that
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Nun-Pay-Lamed has a basic meaning of FALL. However
it can mean ANY RELATED meaning (METONOMY!).
Radack brings as examples
- sway
- being secondary
- military swoop on a camp
- to barge in on guests
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Many other examples are given. For this reason we
have simply translated the Rashi as saying that
SWAY AT SIGHT = LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

*15 Certain IDIOMS represent NEW MEANING by
- FORM (e.g. HEART of FIRE=MIDST of FIRE)
- or FUNCTION (e.g. your MOUTH=your SPOKESMAN)
See
- LIST810b
- LIST810c
- LIST813a
- LIST815a

*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.

All lists may be found at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lists.htm