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
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The Hebrew prefix LAMED means FOR and connotes
purpose, goal and intent.
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Here are some examples where FOR connotes
purpose, goal and intent.

Example 1: Lv04-33a
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Rashi translates Lv04-33 as follows
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slaughter it FOR THE SAKE of a sin offering
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Example 2: Lv14-12a
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Rashi translates Lv14-12 as follows
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slaughter it FOR THE SAKE of a guilt offering
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Example 3: Lv25-02a
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Rashi translates Lv25-02 as follows
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Observe the Sabbath FOR THE SAKE of God
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Example 4: Nu06-02c
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Rashi translates Nu06-02 as follows
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he vows to abstain from wine FOR THE SAKE
OF GOD
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Example 5: Ex25-02a
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Rashi translates Ex25-02 as follows
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Take temple donations make FOR MY SAKE
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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.

LIST705b below summarizes these examples.
LIST705a presents a sister rule that FOR ME/FOR YOU
connotes PERSONAL BENEFIT

The second rule governs PRONOUN EMPHASIS.
- A single letter suffix/prefix pronoun
does not indicate emphasis
- a full-word pronoun does indicate
unspecified emphasis.

Example 1: Lv03-03c
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Lv03-03 states as follows
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If he brings an UP offering
then he must offer IT
male,unblemished, 1 year:
He brings ONLY IT to the entrance of the temple
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Here we have followed the translation that
- suffix VAV is translated as IT
- The Hebrew OTHO is translated as ONLY IT

Rashi comments on the contrast between IT vs ONLY IT
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- OFFER IT has no emphasis
- OFFER ONLY IT connotes restriction.
Here is a plausable way to implement these two
requirements
- If the animals of Abe and Bob got mixed up
then we still make the offering even though
we dont know who is the true owner
- If however a kosher offering was mixed with
a non-kosher offering (e.g. the animal had a
blemish) then you can't offer either animal
because ONLY the Kosher offering can be offered
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Examples 2-4
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In the following verse the Biblical phrases
- IT is an UP offering
- IT is a SIN offering
- IT is a GUILT offering
connote unspecified emphasis. My opinion is that
Rashi used the OTHER VERSE method to infer the
emphasis.
- We have seen above that offerings have to be
slaugthered with proper intent
- So the following verses tell us that this
proper intent is a NECESSARY REQUIREMENT:
Without it the offering is invalid.

Example 2: Lv01-09a IT is an UP offering
Example 3: Lv05-09b IT is a SIN offering
Example 4: Lv05-12a IT is a SIN offering

LIST706a below summarizes this rule.

List of verses with      LAMED indicating purpose,goal,intent

List of verses with      OTHO/HU meaning ONLY IT

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10