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Topics Discussed in This Issue
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v1b33-14
NA=PLEASE=request for the not expected: eg a)EVEN THOUGH
*we* double crossed you PLEASE renew the treaty(1-26-28)
b) EVEN THOUGH *you* said 'keep what is yours' PLEASE
take it(1-33-10);c)EVEN THOUGH he was caught PLEASE let
him go(1-44-33).
v1c38-25
There are 5 verbs in 1-18-4:5. Four of them are ACTIVE
(WASH your feet, REST under the tree...). One of them is
PASSIVE (Let water BE TAKEN ). Hence Rashi says that the
passive tense means LET THE WATER BE TAKEN to you by messenger.
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VERSE: v1c38-25
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v1c38-25 PLEASE see who these belong to
v1b19-2 PLEASE deviate to my house
v1b26-28 PLEASE let there be a treaty between us, between you & me
v1-12-11 PLEASE I know you are beautiful
v1-27-21 PLEASE come near so I can feel if you are Esauv
v1a33-10 PLEASE don't (say I won't take anything)
v1a33-14 PLEASE travel ahead of me
v1b19-18 And Lot said, 'PLEASE don't', God
v1b33-10 If, PLEASE, I have found grace in your eyes
v1c19-18 And Lot said, 'PLEASE don't', God
v1-18-3 God, Please do not depart
v1a19-2 Behold, PLEASE be my lords
v1-50-17 PLEASE forgive our sin
v1b40-14 PLEASE do me a favor and remember me to Pharoh
v1c44-33 PLEASE let me sit in the lads stead
v1-27-22 The voice is the voice of Jacob
v1a18-4 PLEASE let water be taken to you
RASHI TEXT:
===========
[Moderator: In all cases Rashi is commenting on why the word
>NA = PLEASE
is used]
v1c38-25 Please acknowledge your sin; don't let 3 people die
v1b19-2 Even though you are my lords you must come to me secretly
Because if the town people know they will hurt you
v1b26-28 Let the treaty that was between us from the days
of Abraham be renewed between us
v1-12-11 Although you are beautiful,now is the time to be concerned
about it since we are coming to a place where they can't
control themselves before a beautiful woman
[Rashi also brings two preliminary explanations--
1) Abraham didn't know she was beautiful (Abraham was modst)
2) Travel detracts from beauty; so he said you're beautiful]
v1-27-21 Isaac said 'This person speaks alot about God' but Esauv
rarely mentions God; Let me feel him to see if he is Esauv
v1a33-10 'Please don't' means 'Please don't talk this way'
v1a33-14 Please travel at a normal pace even if you lose me
v1b19-18 Please don't save my life by making me go to the hills
v1b33-10 Please don't hate me;I have seen your guardian
Angel. Jacob said this to frighten Esauv who would think
'If he sees angels and goes away unharmed then I shouldn't
start up with him'
v1c19-18 The Hebrew word NA means PLEASE
v1-18-3 Abraham said to God, please wait while I do Chesed
to these people (Rashi also brings a secular
interpretation of the word meaning lord)
v1a19-2 Behold,Please be my lords
v1-50-17 Even though we tried to kill you please forgive us.
Even if your father Jacob is dead his God is alive
and because of that don't hurt us.
v1b40-14 The Hebrew word NA means please.
v1c44-33 I am better than him in War, in Strength, in Service
v1-27-22 Jacob speaks in a POLITE manner. Thus Jacob said
>PLEASE get up father (1-27-19)
while Esauv said
>Get us father (without the word please) (1-27-31)
v1a18-4 It uses the PASSIVE TENSE (Let water be TAKEN to you)
Indicating that he sent messengers to give it to them
(Rashi also cites a Midrash that the descendants of
Abraham, the Jews, were rewarded because of this)
BRIEF BUT COMPLETE NARRATIVE EXPLANATION:
=========================================
The above 17 Rashis basically are a consequence of the fact
that the Hebrew word
>NA = A Request for something that is not expected.
We have, in fact, already seen this translation in v2n12,
v1c22-3 which dealt with the 8 verses where God said NA.
Although NA is usually translated as PLEASE nevertheless
as the above 17 verses show it frequently can have other
connotations of something NOT EXPECTED. In fact a perusal
of English translations in the Stone Chumash or even in the
JPS translation shows numerous translations
>Please,
>Indeed,
>Now,
Perhaps because of the elusiveness of the word Rashi
continuously translates it in many verses.
It turns out that this suggested translation
>NA = Requesting Something NOT EXPECTED
can happen in four distinct ways depending on WHY the
requested item is not expected. These 4 cases are
presented in {LIST1}---{LIST5}. Let us now briefly
review them.
1)-The person requested has shown to the contrary by word or deed
------------------------------------------------------------------
For example God had said after the flood
>I will not destroy the world again 1-8-21
Hence when God plans to destroy Sedom and Amorah it says
>EVEN THOUGH I promised not to destroy the world
>NEVERTHELESS PLEASE let us go down to judge Sedom(1-18-21)
A strong proof that NA=PLEASE is used here because of the
previous contrary statement can be made by comparing
>1-11-7 LET US GO DOWN
>1-18-21 LET ME PLEASE GO DOWN
The identical phraseology is used in both verses except that
1-18-21 has the word PLEASE because Gods intended destruction
of SEDOM is NOT expected because of his previous promise not
to destroy the world
Another good example occurs in 1-19-2. Although Lot calls the
visitors to the town
>MY LORDS
and although he
>BOWS TO THEM (1-19-1)
he nevertheless
>invites them to his house thru secret paths
The reason for this is that if the town found out that Lot
was having guests they would attempt to harm them (as actually
happened in 1-19-8). Thus the word
>NA = Request for unexpected
occurs here because after calling the guests
>MY LORDS (1-19-2)
we do not expect that they will be invited to Lots house
in a backward manner. A strong proof that
>SOOR TO MY HOUSE (1-19-2) = COME IN A BACKWARD WAY
can be found in {LIST6} which shows that
>SOOR with the preposition FROM = get out of here
while
>SOOR with the preposition TO = come secretly.
Another good example of "SOOR TO" occurs in Jud4-18 where
YAEL asked the fleeing general SISRA to come secretly to
her house so that no one will see him. In summary
>SOOR TO(1-19-2) = come to my house secretly
>Lot called the guests MY LORDS (1-19-2)
Thus although Lot called the guests my LORDS he nevertheless
(contrary to expectation) asked that they come in a secretive
manner.
Further examples may be found in {LIST2}
#2) The requested person has shown to the contrary by word or deed
------------------------------------------------------------------
For example in 1-27-21 Jacob was disguising himself as Esauv.
Isaac noted 1-27-22 that Jacob was
>speaking alot about God
something that Esauv usually didn't do. So Isaac asked
> PLEASE let me feel you to test if you are Esauv(1-27-21)
In this case since Jacob had shown by his verbal behavior that
he was not Esauv therefore Isaac used the word
>NA = PLEASE
because he didn't expect to find Esauv (because of Jacobs verbal
behavior).
Another good example occurs in 1-33-10. Esauv had just said
>keep what is yours Jacob (1-33-9)
Because of this previous statement we do not expect Esauv
to accept anything. Therefore Jacob says in 1-33-10
>PLEASE don't (say this but take my present).
Other examples are presented in {LIST3}. In summary in case #1
we don't expect something because of a previous action or deed
of the SPEAKER REQUESTING THE ACTION (eg God requests destruction
and God had promised not to destroy) while in case #2 we don't
expect something because of a previous action or deed of
the PERSON BEING REQUESTED (eg Jacob had used Jacob's style of
referring to God; therefore we don't expect him to be Esauv).
#3) Here something is not expected because it is NOT deserved
--------------------------------------------------------------
This is the more normal use of the word
>PLEASE.
Thus for example after Binyamin was caught and was
sentenced to being a slave (1-44-17) (so he deserved it) Judah
then asks
>PLEASE let me stay in Binyamins stead(1-44-33)
Another example might be 1-24-17 where Rivkah had just spent
considerable work at a well filling a bucket with water. Hence
she owned the water. Therefore Eliezer requests from her
>PLEASE give me a sip (1-24-17)
Even though you worked for the water and it is yours (and I
don't deserve anything without work) nevertheless please give
me a sip.
As already mentioned case #3 is close to the more traditional
meaning of
>NA = PLEASE
Note how Rashi does not really comment on these verses. On
1-24-17 Rashi makes a comment on the word TO SIP but not on
the word PLEASE. Similarly on 1-44-17 we all understand why
Judah was saying PLEASE--because Binyamin was caught. Therefore
Rashi presents possible arguments that Judah accompanied the
request with (ie I Judah am better than Binyamin in strenght,
battle and service..so you (Joseph) will not lose anything if
I take Binyamin's place).
{LIST8} presents half a dozen cases where Rashi commented on
NA by presenting the logical arguments used---in these cases
he either relied on nuances in the verse or on background
material (So here with Judah and Binyamin Rashi makes the
comments on Judahs superiority of strength, war and service
as a logical comment--there is nothing in the verse that
bothers Rashi, but Rashi is simply commenting or expanding
on the use of the word PLEASE by giving appropriate supportive
arguments).
#4) This is the NA= PLEASE of POLITENESS
----------------------------------------
First let us illustrate this; then let us explain it in
terms of lack of expectation.
The clearest example of this use of please comes by
contrasting
> 1-27-19 PLEASE Get up father (Yaakov)
to
> 1-27-31 Get up father (Esauv)
By aligning the two verses we immediately see that Yaakov
is POLITE but Esauv is NOT polite.
What does the PLEASE of POLITENESS have to do with lack of
expectation? The basic idea is that eg when I want something
I am thinking of myself. By saying PLEASE I also think of the
other person. The clearest example of this occurs in 1-38-16
Although Judah was coming to a prostitute and although prostitutes
are paid to 'put up' with mens impetuousness nevertheless Judah
tells her
>Please prepare yourself for the prostitution
by which he indicated that he wanted her to enjoy it also. Thus
Judah thought of both himself and her--hence the word PLEASE
(Unfortunately although we have included this verse in the list
of NA verses we have not included the Rashi on this verse since
Rashi disagrees with the Targum who translates the Hebrew word
>HVH = Give me yourself
while Rashi translates it as
>HVH = Prepare
There are only 12 HVHs in all of TNACH and Rashi comments on at
least 4. Thus we will cover this in a future issue).
To summarize our point we go back to the example with Jacob.
Jacob wanted his father to bless him (this is Jacob thinking
of himself). However his father could have been busy at the
moment(that Jacob made the request). Therefore Jacob says
>Please get up and eat
The word PLEASE shows consideration for his father's state
of mine.
Further examples are shown in {LIST5}.
In summary the Hebrew word
>NA = PLEASE
actually denotes more than the usual
>PLEASE even though I don't deserve it (case #3)
or
>the PLEASE of POLITENESS (Case #4)
The Hebrew word NA denotes ANY request where the thing requested
is not expected either (Case #1)
>because the REQUESTOR has previously shown to the contrary
or (Case #2)
>because the REQUESTED person has previously shown to
>the contrary
This showing to the contrary can happen by previous statements
or previous actions of the people involved
Because of the great many verses (17) covered we urge the
reader to at least browse thru the lists which contain summaries
within similar examples of how each occurence of NA is used.
COMMENTS ON RASHI'S FORM:
=========================
There are many comments we can make on Rashi, most of them
having been made in previous issues. We make 6 comments
Comment #1
----------
We have sometimes only chosen ONE interpretation of Rashi even
though he gives several. The rich list of 18 examples
below should justify this. In general we hold that the
last translation of Rashi is the most accurate
Comment #2
----------
On v1a18-4 Rashi explains that WATER was taken to
the Angels by a messenger and that therefore the Jews, the
descendants of Abraham were rewarded with a similar experience.
This corresponds to our category of MORAL REASONS.
However we don't go further into this here.
Comment #3
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On v1c38-25 Rashi mentions that Tamar says that
>please acknowledge; please don't kill 3 people
The sifsay chachamim thinks the 3 people were
>Tamar and the twins
I would say that the 3 people are
>Tamar, her child(she thought it was one) and Judah
who might be sentenced to death. However this is peripheral
to our main theme that NA = SOMETHING NOT EXPECTED.
Comment #4
-----------
We have translated 1-18-1
>God please wait while I service my guests
There is also a secular translation of this verse in which
Abraham is talking to his guests
>My lords PLEASE stay over
In such a case the
>NA = PLEASE
refers to the PLEASE of POLITENESS ({LIST5}). My opinion is
that since the Holiness or non Holiness of each lord/Lord in
the Bible is handed down to us, therefore it is this tradition
that determines the meaning (and it need not be further
defended). To what can the matter be compared? To an English
writer that sometimes uses
>Lord
and sometimes uses
>lord
It is by fixing the capitalization of the EL in "LORD" that the
author indicates what the word means. So too, it is by our
traditions on what each "LORD" means that we determine its
meaning (and therefore this need not be defended further).
COMMENT #5
----------
I should explicitly mention that sometimes a request of
>NA = PLEASE
is accompanied by some type of logical argument. This happens in
6 verses presented in {LIST8}.
COMMENT #6
----------
Finally I should mention that on some verses Rashi is
commenting on the ELIPTICALNESS of the phrase. Thus when
Lot or Jacob say
>Please don't
Rashi elaborates and translates this as
>Please don't send me to the Hills(Lot)
or
>Please don't say no but accept my present(Jacob)
LISTS {For ADVANCED students and for those with more time}:
===========================================================
{LIST1} {Of verses where
>NA =Something that is not expected
Illustration of the meaning of the LIST occurs in the
footnotes *1. This
>not being expected
Can happen in four ways corresponding to LISTS2-5}
{LIST2} {In this LIST a person requests something that
>THEY THEMSELVES
have previously said or shown they didn't want or
wouldn't do. EG EVEN THOUGH I(God) promised not
to destroy the world NEVERTHELESS PLEASE let me
destroy SEDOM. The point is since God promised
not to destroy the world we do NOT EXPECT Him
to destroy Sedom, hence the word NA, denoting
the NOT expected}
VERSE EVEN THOUGH... PLEASE...
======== ======================================= ===================
v1c38-25 I denied these items to you acknowledge them
v1-12-11 I say you're my beautiful wife say your my sister
v1-18-21 I promised not to destroy the world*2 let me destroy Sdm
v1a22-2 I promised to make Isaac a great nation sacrifice him
v1b19-2 I greeted you as lords come the back way*3
v1b26-28 I(we) double crossed you renew the treaty*4
{LIST3} {In this list a person requests something that
>The person they are talking to
either said or showed by action they wouldn't do
EG Jacob claimed he was Esauv so that his father
should bless him. But Jacob showed by his actions
>using Gods name all the time
that he really wasn't Esauv. So Isaac said
>EVEN THOUGH you claim to be Esauv
>you act like Jacob SO PLEASE Let me
>test you
Since Jacob was putting on an act and claiming
to be Esauv we do not EXPECT him to consent to
the test...hence the word NA, denoting the NOT
expected}
VERSE EVEN THOUGH... PLEASE...
======== ======================================= ===================
v1-27-21 YOU claim to be Esauv let me test you
v1a33-10 YOU said keep what is yours take what I present
v1a33-14 YOU want to travel with me go ahead without me
v1b33-10 YOU hate me begin liking me
v1c19-18 YOU promised me life *5 don't send me to hills
v1-18-3 YOU, God, came to me, wait for me
v1a19-2 YOU are strangers, be my lords *6
v1b27-3 YOU eat traif food prepare Kosher *7
{LIST4} {In this list a person requests something that either
>really belongs to someone else
or
>something he doesn't deserve.
For example, Binyamin had been caught stealing.
Joseph took him as a slave. He really deserved
it. So Judah says
>PLEASE LET HIM GO
The word PLEASE means that since he deserves it
the letting him go would be contrary to what
is expected}
VERSE EVEN THOUGH... PLEASE...
======== ======================================= ===================
v1-50-17 we deserve to die forgive us
v1b24-17 you worked for this water give me a little
v1b40-14 Pharoh wouldn't help a slave remember me to him
v1c44-33 he was caught let him go
{LIST5} {In this
>NA = PLEASE
For example Abraham says
>PLEASE TAKE SOME WATER
The clearest example of this use of please comes by
contrasting
> 1-27-19 PLEASE Get up father (Yaakov)
to
> 1-27-31 Get up father (Esauv)
The reason
>NA = PLEASE
is because the person requesting is
>Thinking of himself
By saying
>PLEASE
the person shows consideration
>FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S NEEDS
For example when Judah wanted to visit a prostitute he is
thinking of his own needs. When however Judah says
>PLEASE PREPARE yourself for the prostitution
He shows that he is considerate for her feelings also.}
VERSE TEXT
======== ==========================================================
v1-27-22 PLEASE get up (1-27-19) vs GET UP (1-27-31)
v1-38-16 Please PREPARE yourself for the prostitution*8
v1a18-4 Please let water be taken to you*9
FOOTNOTES
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*1
To illustrate the LIST, note that Judah slept with
Tamar and promised her payment with a sheep. He in
turn gave his signet ring as a surety. Yet she refused
to return this signet ring. Then when she had to
acknowledge that she got pregnant from him she said
>EVEN THOUGH I have denied these items are
>yours PLEASE acknowledge them.
In this case the
>NOT BEING EXPECTED
was because TAMAR
>kept on DENYING OWNERSHIP
Now by contrast she
>Wants ownership
This is something
>NOT EXPECTED
We summarize this in the list by stating
>EVEN THOUGH I denied these items to you
>NEVERTHELESS PLEASE acknowledge them
Hence the two columns marked
>EVEN THOUGH
and
>PLEASE.
*2 Note the contrast that by the tower of Babel it simply says
>1-11-7 Let us prepare to Go Down
while by Sedom and Amorah it says
>1-18-21 Let us PLEASE prepare to Go Down
*3
{LIST6} {Of verses where it uses the Hebrew word
>SOOR = Get out of here
The phrase
>Get out of here
Always occurs with the preposition FROM
>Get out FROM here
In two cases the preposition TO is used
>Get out TO here
And in both of them it means STEATHILY
In one case Jud4-18 Yael asked General Sisra to
get out of running and come to her tent for
protection while in the other case Lot asked
the strangers to get out of the street and come
to his house lest the townspeople hurt them.
There are also some occurences of the verb SOOR
without any preposition (but they are not in this
LIST)}
VERSE PREPOSITION TEXT
======== =========== ============================================
4-16-26 FROM Get out of here FROM the wicked people
Ps6-9 FROM Get out of here FROM ME all sinners
Ps139-19 FROM And murderers should get out of here FROM ME
1S15-6 FROM Get out of here FROM the Amalek lest you die
Jud4-18 TO Get out of here TO ME
1-19-2 TO Get out of here TO ME
*4 Some people MIGHT think that Rashi is saying that we should NOT
interpret the verse as
>Let there please be a treaty between us, between me and you
but rather as
>Let the treaty between us be between me and you
In other words the phrase
>TREATY BETWEEN US
is not
>RELATIONAL (Let there be a treaty between us)
but rather
>ADJECTIVAL (Let the treaty between us be between you and us
However such an approach must be rejected since there is no list
to back up the assertion that
>TREATY BETWEEN US
is adjectival. Rather the simple meaning of the sentence comes
from the word
>PLEASE---
which denotes something not expected. In this case since
>Avimelech continously double crossed Isaac(1-26-19:22)
therefore when Avimelech says
>let us make a treaty
it is
>unexpected.
As to the wordiness of the verse
>treaty between us
>between you and me
this is explained by Avimelech's guilt (an emotion which causes
wordiness). Finally Rashi brings in the previous convenant of
Abraham and Avimelech to show a possible argument by how
Avimelech argued to renew the treaty. There are about half
a dozen rashis with NA where LOGICAL ARGUMENTS are brought.
*5 v1c19-18 and v1b19-18 say the same thing
*6 There are two ways to interpret this phrase
>Please my lords, please come to my house (APPOSITIONAL)
vs
>Please BE my lords; please come to my house
The reason this ambiguity is possible is because
>the verb to BE is elliptical in Hebrew
I would suppose what led Rashi to his interpretation
is the double
>PLEASE
one for each sentence.
*7 Although the meaning of NA is clear in this sentence
>EVEN THOUGH you eat traif PLEASE make Kosher for me
Nevertheless we have left this Rashi out since Rashi assumes
>NA = TO SHARPEN A KNIFE
which is a mishnaic use of Hebrew not a Biblical use of
Hebrew. Hence although I am including this verse in the
list of NAs in Genesis, I am deferring analyzing the
Rashi until such time as we can defend the meaning of
>SA = TO SHARPEN
*8 According to Rashi
>HVH = To Prepare
While according to OOKELOOS we can have
>HVH = To give
There are only 12 occurences of HVH in the whole Bible.
Rashi comments on at least 4 of them that
>HVH = To prepare
Consequently I have only brought this example for purpose of
the list of occurences of NA. We will comment on the 12
occurences of
>HVH
in a future issue.
*9 The usage of NA here is
>NA = PLEASE (the polite form of the word)
Rashis actual comment is on PASSIVE use of the verb. Not
>TAKE SOME WATER
But
>LET WATER BE TAKEN FOR YOU
This explains Rashis comment
>LET THE WATER BE TAKEN BY MESSENGER
In fact {LIST8} shows that this verb is the only passive
one in this section
{LIST7} {Active vs Passive verbs in 1-18-4:5. The PASSIVE form
of the verb
>Let water be taken for you
is what motivated Rashi to interpret
>Let water be taken by messenger}
VERSE VERB PASSIVE/ACTIVE TEXT
===== ==== ============== ====
1-18-4 TAKE Passive Let water be taken to you
1-18-4 Wash Active Wash your feet
1-18-4 Rest Active Rest under the tree
1-18-5 Eat Active Eat to your hearts content
1-18-5 Leave Active Afterwards leave
{LIST8} {The 6 cases where Rashi brings down a logical argument
to bolster the request of PLEASE}
vERSE TEXT LOGICAL ARGUMENT
===== ======================= ================
v1b26-28 Let us have a treaty Your father already made a treaty
v1c38-25 Please acknowledge sin Otherwise I,the child,& you will die
v1b33-10 Please don't hate me You look like angel(ie I know angels
v1-50-17 Please forgive us Jacob died but God is alive
v1c44-33 Please forgive Ben As a prisoner I can serve you better
CROSS REFERENCES:
=================
v2n12 v1c22-2 (Discussion of 8 verses where God said PLEASE)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
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