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We cover the 6 meanings of the Hebrew word AL.
Most people think it only has one meaning, ON. It really has
6 meanings: ON, WISH, TO, IN, NEAR, AFTER
* v9-4-19a Greetings from Rabbi Schacter on my 5th Anniversary
Rashis covered in this issue |
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VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
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Ex12-09e | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Ex29-17a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Ex35-22a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Lv03-05a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Lv04-10b | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Ex35-22a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Ex26-24c | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Gn19-17a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Gn49-13b | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Lv03-05a | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Lv04-10b | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
Nu06-20b | SPECIAL WORDS | The Hebrew AL means ON,TO,WITH,NEAR,IN |
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From: "Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter"
To: "Russell J Hendel"
Subject: RE: Help Celebrate my 5th Email Anniversary
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:31:31 -0400
Russell,
Mazal tov! May you go from strength to strength.
Rabbi Schacter
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VERSE: Ex12-09e
RASHIS COVERED: Ex12-09e Ex29-17a Ex35-22a
Lv03-05a Lv04-10b Ex35-22a
Ex26-24c Gn19-17a Gn49-13b
Lv03-05a Lv04-10b Nu06-20b
The Hebrew AL Has 6 meanings |
RULE:
Most people think that the Hebrew word AL means ON.
In reality the Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. They are...
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AL can mean | Verse | Sample Text with this meaning |
ON | Gn03-14 | Crawl ON your belly |
WITH | Ex12-09e | Eat it WITH Matzoh & Marror |
IN | Ex29-03 | Place the Matzoh IN the basket |
TO | 1S01-10 | Channah prayed TO God |
NEAR | Gn18-08 | Abraham stood NEAR his guests |
AFTER | Lv03-05a | Offer the Peace offering AFTER the Daily*1 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 This list affords us a beautiful example of how the early
Jewish commentaries complemented each other. Radack only
lists the first 5 meanings in his excellent book THE ROOTS,
while Rashi also lists a 6th meaning, AL can mean AFTER.
A list of examples for each of these meanings is provided
below [This digest was posted on April 19th 2001 and
was Updated Apr 23, 2001 with the 6th meaning of AL mentioned
above.]
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Examples where the Hebrew AL means ON |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. The best known meaning is
ON. In the verses below we have translated AL as ON
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MEANING | VERSE | Translation of verse with AL meaning ON |
ON | Gn01-02 | Darkness lay ON the ocean |
ON | Gn01-18 | Insects crawling ON the ground |
ON | Gn01-29 | All grass ON the ground |
ON | Gn03-14 | You will crawl ON your belly |
ON | Gn07-17 | I will bring a flood ON the earth |
Examples where the Hebrew AL means WITH |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. A lesser known meaning is
WITH. In the verses below we have translated AL as WITH.
Verse references that end with a letter (e.g. Ex12-09e) refer
to translations brought by Rashi. Other verses are brought
by the Mideval Grammarian Radack in his book ROOTS
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MEANING | VERSE | Translation of verse with AL translated WITH |
WITH | Ex12-09e | Eat the Passover lamb WITH Matzah & Marror |
WITH | Ex29-17a | Place its intestines WITH its other organs |
WITH | Ex35-22a | The men came WITH the women |
WITH | 1S20-08 | Do kindness WITH your servant |
WITH | Gn30-40 | He didnt place his flocks WITH Labans flocks |
Examples where the Hebrew AL means NEAR |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. A lesser known meaning is
NEAR. In the verses below we have translated AL as NEAR.
Verse references that end with a letter (e.g. Gn49-13b) refer
to translations brought by Rashi. Other verses are brought
by the Mideval Grammarian Radack in his book ROOTS
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AL | VERSE | Translation of verse with AL translated NEAR |
NEAR | Nu02-20 | NEAR them was the tribe of MENASHEH |
NEAR | Gn18-08 | Abraham stood NEAR his guests |
NEAR | Is06-02 | Standing-angels are NEAR God |
NEAR | Ex14-09 | The Jews were camped NEAR the sea |
NEAR | Lv24-07 | Place incense NEAR the stacks of breadloafs*1 |
NEAR | Gn49-13b | May his borders be NEAR Tzidon(a ship nation)*2 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 Lv24-07
Radack says the incense was placed NEAR the stack of bread.
Rashi seems to indicate that the incense was placed ON TOP
of each stack. Thus this appears to be a controversy of
the Rishonim on a legal matter.
*2 Gn49-13b
Rashi has 2 points: (a) The Hebrew word AL means NEAR; (b)
the word THIGH means BORDER.
See http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex25-31a.htm which brings
the following Rashis where THIGH means BORDER:Ex25-31d,
Ex40-22a, Ex40-22b, Lv01-11a.
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Examples where the Hebrew AL means TO |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. A lesser known meaning is
TO. In the verses below we have translated AL as TO.
Verse references that end with a letter (e.g. Ex26-24c) refer
to translations brought by Rashi. Other verses are brought
by the Mideval Grammarian Radack in his book ROOTS
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AL | VERSE | TRANSLATION OF VERSE WITH al TRANSLATED to |
TO | Ex26-24c | The boards shall be even from bottom TO top |
TO | 1S01-10 | And Channah prayed TO God |
TO | Jos02-08 | And Rachav went up TO them on the roof |
TO | Jer18-11 | Speak to the Jews and TO the Jerusalemites*1 |
TO | Jer23-35 | Say TO your friend & to your brothers as follow |
TO | Ps48-15 | God will lead us TO the day of death *2 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 These verses have both the Hebrew words EL and AL in parallel
and they both mean TO.
*2 RADACK suggests that a proper translation would be
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God will lead us UNTIL the day of death
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However Radack brings NO other examples where the Hebrew
word AL means UNTIL. Therefore I have included this
meaning of the Hebrew word AL--UNTIL--with the LIST of
verses where the Hebrew word AL means TO.
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Examples where the Hebrew AL means IN |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. A lesser known meaning is
IN. In the verses below we have translated AL as IN.
Verse references that end with a letter (e.g. Gn19-17a) refer
to translations brought by Rashi. Other verses are brought
by the Mideval Grammarian Radack in his book ROOTS
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AL | VERSE | TRANSLATION OF VERSE WITH al TRANSLATED to |
IN | Ex29-03 | Place the Matzohs IN the basket |
IN | Is38-20 | God saves us;we will sing ...IN Gods house |
IN | Ex28-11 | Etch IN the stones the Names of the tribes |
IN | Gn19-17a | your fleeing should be INvolved with your life* |
IN | Gn27-40 | your life shall be INvolved with the sword*1 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 These last two examples probably appear STRETCHED to the
reader. A more flowing translation would be
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flee FOR your life
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you will live BY your sword
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Those readers who speak Hebrew know that The Hebrew letter
BETH when prefixed to a word can mean IN, FOR, BY etc.
Thus it is difficult to UNIFORMLY translate all these
verses the same way into English. To approximate this
Hebrew Uniformity we have translated all verses with the
word IN.
*2 Rashi points out that the sentence emphasizes that he should
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Flee to save his LIFE, not his PROPERTY
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Examples where the Hebrew AL means AFTER |
The Hebrew word AL has 6 meanings. A lesser known meaning is
AFTER. In the verses below we have translated AL as AFTER.
Verse references that end with a letter (e.g. Gn19-17a) refer
to translations brought by Rashi. Note that this nuance of AL,
namely, AL means AFTERWARDS, is brought by RASHI but not by
RADACK. Thus we have an interesting insight into how the
great early authorities complement each other in their works.
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AL | VERSE | TRANSLATION OF VERSE WITH al TRANSLATED to |
AFTER | Lv03-05a | Offer the Peace offering AFTER the Daily Olah*1 |
AFTER | Lv04-10b | Offer its flesh AFTER it head and ..insides |
AFTER | Nu06-20b | & the priest waives them AFTER the breast &..*1 |
AFTER | Nu28-24 | Offer these Passover offerings AFTER the Daily |
AFTER | Nu28-10 | The Sabbath offering AFTER the daily offering |
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COMMENTS |
*1 Rashi explicitly says that this is a new meaning of the Hebrew
word AL---which according to Rashi can means MILVAD.
MILVAD is usually translated as BESIDES. Thus Nu06-20b would
be translated as THE PRIEST WAIVES THEM BESIDES THE BREAST
However after examining both Rashi and the other verses we
think that AFTER is a better translation that is more
consistent with both the Biblical text and Rashi.
Rashi explicitly says that these occurences of AL have a
connotation of EXTRANESS which would correspond more to
a translation of AFTER rather than BESIDES. Furthermore the
intent of say Lv03-05a is that one should OFFERING THE
PEACE OFFERING AFTER THE DAILY OLAH.
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