SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's 10 major methods is the use of OTHER
VERSES to clarify existing verses. Rashi can use
OTHER VERSES to a) provide more details b) justify
citations and cross references and c) to infer meaning.
We call this the RASHI METHOD of OTHER VERSES and
the RASHI SUBMETHODS of FURTHER DETAILS, CITATIONS,
and INFERRED MEANING.

EXAMPLE 1: Ex03-18c
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The verse Ex03-18 states
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...tell Pharoh that the God
of the Jews ACCIDENTED himself
on us ....and therefore we must
go and offer sacrifices to him
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Rashi explains the CAPPED WORD, ACCIDENTED
by CROSS REFERENCING another verse, Nu23-03
which states
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...I will walk [after the sacrifices]
perhaps God will ACCIDENT himself to me
and give me a prophesy which I will tell you
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Hence the Rashi
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The Hebrew root Kuph-Resh-Hey which
primarily means HAPPEN BY ACCIDENT
can also mean PROPHECY since a PROPHETIC
encounter is a sudden awareness thru
fire like pain of other realities. Because
prophecy is a sudden painful awareness it
is called accident
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Rashi clarifies on Lv01-01
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Non Jewish prophecies which are SUDDEN
and by FIRE are called ACCIDENT. However the
senior Jewish prophets (like Moses) have non
sudden prophecies
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EXAMPLE 2: Ex10-26a
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The Biblical root Pay Resh Samech can
mean HOOF (as it does in Lv11-03). Hence
Ex10-24a means
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We shall take our animals...NO HOOF
WILL BE LEFT
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Here the phrase NO HOOF WILL BE LEFT
means NO ANIMAL WILL BE LEFT. The technique
of naming the WHOLE animal by a PART of
the animal (the HOOF) is a literary
technique known as SYNECHDOCHE. Similar
examples exist in all languages...e.g.
in English "Give me your HAND in marriage"
really means "Give me your BODY in marriage."


LIST250a below gives other examples of inferring meaning
from OTHER VERSES.

List of verse pairs with one verse shedding meaning on words

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

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Rashi had 10 vehicles to explain meaning. The SYNONYM
submethod takes words with known meanings and shows the
similarity and nuances in each term.
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EXAMPLE 1: Ex02-10a
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The Hebrew roots
- Yud Tzade Aleph means TO TAKE OUT
- Mem shin Hey means TO TAKE OUT OF WATER

These SYNONYMS mean the same thing but are used in
DIFFERNT CONTEXTS. Similar SYNONYMS (differing only
by usage and context) occur frequently in language
(For example FLOCK of sheep vs SCHOOL of fish vs
SWARM of bees--all 3 words, FLOCK,SCHOOL, SWARM
means GROUP).

EXAMPLE 2: Ex05-06a
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Verse Ex05-06a states
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On that day Pharoh commanded the
POLICE CAPTAINS and POLICE OFFICERS
as follows....do not...
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The distinction between a POLICE CAPTAIN
vs OFFICER is well known in all languages
and need not be further explored.

LIST955y presents other Rashis commenting on SYNONYMS

List of                  Synonym pairs
LIST955y continues LIST955z
LIST955z continues LIST955a

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Some Rashi comments deal with FORMATTING.
Modern authors FORMAT using such techniques as
BULLETS, PARAGRAPHING, BOLD, ITALICS and UNDERLINE.
The Biblical Author achieved these effects but thru
different means.

For example a modern author might hilight distinct
items using BULLETS. The Biblical Author hilights
distinct items using REPEATING KEYWORDS.

We call this the Rashi rule of FORMATTING with the Rashi
subrule of KEYWORDS AS BULLETS

(Rashi could also infer from the general PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
(without any keywords). We call this the the Rashi rule of
FORMATTING with the Rashi subrule of PARAGRAPHS.)

EXAMPLE 1: Ex02-15d
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Verse Ex02-15 states
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....Moses fled from Pharoh....
- he DWELT in Midyan
- he DWELT by the wells
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The REPEATED KEYWORD, dwelt creates
a BULLET LIKE effect. The Author is in
effect EMPHASIZING twop points. The
EMPHASIS is non-specific. Rashi explains
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- He DWELT in Midyan to escape Egyptian execution
- He DWELT by the WELLS to be able to go out with women
(For thus we find that Saul and Jacob met women by
the wells Gn29)
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LIST120w below summarizes this argument

EXAMPLE 2: Ex02-03b
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Verse Ex02-03b states
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She could no longer hide the infant
so she built him a reed float basket
and covered it with
- WITH CLAY [Rashi: inside covering]
- WITH TAR  [Rashi: outside covering]
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Note the repeating KEYWORD, WITH. Rashi
interprets this as creating a BULLET LIKE
EFFECT. There is emphasis of TWO COVERINGS.

This emphasis is NON SPECIFIC. Rashi interprets
it in a reasonable way
- CLAY was used for the INSIDE covering
- TAR was used for the OUTSIDE covering.
Rashi explains that he made this choice (inside/outside)
because
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Tar has a bad smell and would upset the baby
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LIST120x below summarizes this argument

BULLETED structure of    Ex02-03b Covr with CLAY[outside],TAR[Inside]

BULLETED structure of    Ex03-15d Dwelt in a)Midyan and b) by Wells

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10