SUCCINT SUMMARY:
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One of Rashi's 10 major goals is the explanation of GRAMMAR
the same way modern textbooks explain GRAMMAR. There are three
major GRAMMAR submethods:

(a) The goal of the ROOT submethod is to explain all
conjugations and meanings of Biblical roots.
Biblical roots are conjugated with letter prefixes and suffixes
to indicate (i) tense (ii) person (iii) gender (iv) plurality
(v) mode (vi) object (to whom the activity is done) and (vii)
mood. Each of these conjugations has a specific meaning.
Furthermore, these conjugations take on different forms for
roots with weak letters.

(b) The SENTENCE submethod deals with grammatical attributes
of sentences such as (i) word arrangement (Verb Subject vs
Subject Verb) (ii) sentence type  (interrogative, command)
(iii) compound sentences (iv) apposition and (v)
paragraph / sentence development.

(c) The MISCELLANEOUS grammatical methods deal with
(i) agreement (in gender and plurality), (ii) the construct
(iii) pronoun reference (iv) ellipsis (v) noun-verb transforms
(e.g. to dust) (vi) special word usage(e.g. how to use
numbers) (vii) suffix-prefixes (e.g. terminal HEY means
towards).

One grammar method that overlaps with word
meaning is the NOUN-VERB-ADJ-TRANSFORMS method.
This method studies how words can change from
OBJECTS (noun) to ACTIVITIES (verbs) to ATTRIBUTES
(adjective).

Rashi uncovered three ways for nouns
to become verbs--
(a) to REMOVE the noun
(e.g. to DUST)

(b) to CREATE the noun
(e.g. to FLOWER)

(c) to USE the noun in the
traditional manner it is used
(e.g. to HAMMER)

EXAMPLE 1: Gn31-30a: To MONEY= To DESIRE
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Here the word MONEY indicates the activity
traditionally associated with MONEY--obtaining
desires.

Interestingly: The use of MONEY as meaning
DESIRE typically occurs in the PASSIVE (Jb14-15,
Gn31-30) though there are cases where the ACTIVE
means TO DESIRE (P017-12)

Gn31-30 illustrates this usage
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Now: even if you fled because you DESIRED
to go to your father's house, why did you
steal my gods
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EXAMPLE 2: Gn38-23a: TAKED= SOLD
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This a cute double application of the NOUN-VERB principle
- The verb TO TAKE can indicate a noun,
something bought-- A TAKE (Similar to English)
The Hebrew word is MeKaX
- The noun, MeQuaX, meaning COMMERCE,
is then transformed back to
a verb meaning, TO COMMERCE IT, or
to consider it SOLD

Gn38-23 illustrates this usage
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Judah said: Let her KEEP IT (Literally: It is
TAKED to her)...if we seek to find her we
will end up disgracing ourselves
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Thus my contribution here is to identify
the verb TAKE (TiQuaX) as coming from the
Hebrew word MeQuaX---COMMERCE. To COMMERCE
something is to consider it to be TAKEN (SOLD).

LIST050d studies other words whose meaning
changes due to shift in grammatical function

List of words with Grammatical function shift=Meaning shift

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. The modern author can indicate paragraph
structure thru either
- indentation or
- white space: blank lines surrounding the paragraph.

The Bible indicates paragraph structure by three methods.
One method is a DETAIL-THEME style--that is
- a collection of DETAIL sentences are provided
- followed by a concluding UNIFYING THEME sentence.

When this structure occurs we perceive the DETAIL-THEME
unit as the equivalent of a modern paragraph. A consequence
of this UNIFIED PARAGRAPH perception is the explaining
of all DETAIL sentences as ILLUSTRATING the UNIFYING
THEME sentence.

Example Gn32-17a Gn32-17b Gn32-17c
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Biblical paragraph Gn32-17:21 states as follows
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And Jacob delivered the animals to the hand of his servants,
- DETAIL: every drove by themselves; and said to his servants,
- DETAIL: Pass over before me, and
- DETAIL: put a space between drove and drove.
.....
And say you moreover, Behold,
your servant Jacob is behind us.
- THEME: FOR JACOB SAID I WILL APPEASE ESAUV WITH
THE PRESENT THAT GOES BEFORE ME....
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Rashi's sole goal in explaining the above passage is
- to INTERPRET each DETAIL
- as REFLECTING the THEME.

Here is another way to look at the Rashi goal
- We understand the DETAILS--every drove of animals was
by itself, there were spaces between the droves etc
- We also understand the THEME--that Jacob wanted to
appease Esauv
- But we don't yet understand HOW the Details CONTRIBUTE
to the theme. It is this which Rashi explains. Here
are the Rashi comments

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- DETAIL: every drove by themselves; and said to his servants,
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Rashi
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The DISTINCT animal droves gives an impression
of greater diversity making the present more appealing
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- DETAIL: Pass over before me, and
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Rashi
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So Esauv sees the present a day or
two BEFORE he sees me....by the time
he sees me he is in a good mood because
of the gift
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- DETAIL: put a space between drove and drove.
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Rashi
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The SPACES between droves create an
ILLUSTION of SPACIOUSNESS making the present
more appealing
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In summary: Rashi's sole contribution is to
- show how each DETAIL--the DISTINCT droves,
the droves PRECEDING Jacob's appearance, and
the SPACES between the droves
- contributes to making the gift more appealing
- which facilitates Jacobs THEME--the APPEASEMENT
of Jacob.

I believe this is a TYPICAL example of the
DETAIL-GENERAL method. I also believe that
the paragraph model that we advocate clarifies
these Rashis. The serious student should therefore
carefully study this example.

LIST455a below presents this argument.

List of clauses in Gn32-17--Do such & such;appease Esauv

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is the explanation of
meaning the same way a dictionary explains meaning.
We call this the Rashi method of WORD MEANING.

Rashi had 10 vehicles by which he explained meaning.

Rashi explains the meaning of a 4 letter root as
the sum of the meaning of its constituent two two-letter
components. When Rashi explains
the meaning of a three letter root using the two
letter subroot we refer to this as the submethod
of 2-4 LETTER ROOTS. We have explained elsewhere
that Rashi simultaneously believed in
- use of 3 letter roots for purposes of conjugation
- use of 2 letter roots for purposes of meaning
The example below illustrates this.


EXAMPLE: Gn35-18c BeNJaMiN
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Gn35-18 speaks about the birth of Benjamin, Rachel's
second child. Recall that the other 3 matriarchs had
many children while Rachel had only one. She in fact
died on the operating table at the birth of her 2nd
child. Gn25-18c states
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As she died
- she named the child, Son-of-Anguish
- but Jacob named the child, Son-of-Days
- but Jacob named the child, Son-of-TheRight
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LIST910h below presents several examples of 4 letter
roots. Analyzed in this manner.

List of 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10