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-GRAND SUMMARY-
OVERVIEW:
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In this module we reviewed the meaning of the HITPAEL mode.
Recall that every Hebrew root can be conjugated in any of
7-8 grammatical modes. Each MODE (BINYAN) of the verb has
a different meaning. The hitpael is usually taken to mean
REFLEXIVE ACTIVITY. Actually as we shall show below,
the HITPAEL means INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY.
The dozen examples below review a variety of Rashis where
the hitpael clearly means INTERACTIVE activity.
A neat surprise is the defense of the Chazalian statement
that the wicked prophet Bilam sinned with his donkey. The
traditional translation of the Biblical verse is
You (Bilam) HARASSED me However if we follow the idea that
hitpael means INTERACTION then the translation would be
You (Bilam) SPORTED with me, from which the connotation
that he sinned with his donkey would immediately follow.
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-GRAND SUMMARY-
VERSE: Dt29-18a
RASHIS COVERED: Dt29-18a Dt29-18b Gn26-20a Gn26-20b Ex08-05a
Gn06-09c Nu22-29a Ex10-02a Nu11-18a Dt01-21a
Dt04-37a
RULE: Every Hebrew verb can be conjugated in any of 7 MODES.
Each MODE may have a different meaning. The HITPAEL mode
means to be INTERACTIVE with someone else.
EXAMPLES
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(1)Gn26-20a
Gn26-20b The Root Ayin-Shin-Kuf means WITHOLD WAGES
The Hitpael Form means to BICKER ABOUT PROPERTY
Hence Gn26-20a "And they BICKERED with him about the ownership"
(Note that we identify roots with a Shin and Sin; this can
easily be justified by a {LIST})
(2) Ex08-05a The root Pay-Aleph-Resh means to GLORIFY or BRAG
The Hitpael form means to CHALLENGE (that is to
BRAG thru interacting with someone else. Here is
the Rashi).
Ex08-05a Moses said to Pharoh...'you want the frogs removed
...well pick an exact time for their removal and
if my God doesn't remove them by then you can brag
how you outsmarted me'
(3) Gn06-09c The root Hey-Lamed-Caph means TO WALK
The hitpael form mean TO WALK WITH SOMEONE--ie
to FOLLOW HIS WAYS (eg so when used with God it
means to follow a Godly life--(Rashi further
distinguished between WALK TO and WALK OF...but
we have explained this on Gn06-09c)
(4) Dt01-21a
Dt04-37a The root Aleph-Nun-Pay means anger (eg Isa12-1,Ps2-12)
The Hitpael form means, according to Rashi, 'to be
FILLED with anger'
I suppose that means that you
are not only internally angry but you get picky
on everything the person does--you allow, the person
you are angry with, no way out---every attempt at
apology is met with more anger (So you are
INTERACTIVELY angry)
(5) Nu11-18a The root Kuf-Dalet-Shin means to PREPARE / DEDICATE
Thus it can be used to DESIGNATE a DAY of fasting
and prayer. Or it can be used to designate an
animal for a sacrifice. The Hitpael form would
mean to INTERACTIVELY PREPARE---TO PREPARE AS
A COMMUNITY. Thus on Nu11-18a Rashi says to the
community, "Prepare yourself for Gods punishment
for the way you have complained"
(6) Ex10-02a
(7) Nu22-29a
The original meaning of the root AYIN-LAMED-LAMED
is to prune grapes from a vine.
Hence in the Kal Mode it can also mean to HARASS
To eg continuously bicker away at somebody till
he gives in.
The clearest proof of this is Jer6-9 "And they
will HARASS (Ayin-Lamed-Lamed) away at the Jews
the way a grape-vine is pruned (Ayin-Lamed-Lamed)"
In the hitpael mode Ayin-Lamed-Lamed would mean
to interactively harass---I guess the closest
meaning would be 'to sport' with someone.
The difference between HARASS and SPORT is that
in HARASS you just want to eat away at someone.
By contrast, when you SPORT with someone you
don't just harass someone but you also provoke
them into fighting with you.
Rashi actually brings a list of verses to
support this distinction.
{LIST} {Verses where the root AYIN-LAMED-LAMED can mean
harass to 'to sport'}
VERSE Ayin-Lamed-Lamed Text
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In the following verses Ayin-Lamed-Lamed means harass
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Lam1-22 Harass Harass them,God,like they did to me
Lam1-12 Harass The harassment that God brought on me
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In the following verses Ayin-Lamed-Lamed means to sport
Thus God 'provoked' Egypt into fighting back by
hardening Pharohs heart in order to show Gods might
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Ex10-02a To Sport How I sported with Egypt
Jud19-25 To Sport*1 They sported with her all night
Nu22-29a To sport*1 I am the donkey you always sport with
*1 In both these verses 'to sport' is interpreted sexually.
Note how the Talmuds assertion that Bilam 'sported' with his
donkey means sexual interaction is based on grammar (use of
the hitpael) not on politics or a desire to defame him.
(8) Dt29-18a The root Bet-Resh-Caph means to BLESS
Gn26-04a In the hitpael it refers to INTERACTIVE BLESSING
Rashi gives the following example
eg When a father wishes to bless his son or friend
he will say 'May you be blessed like Abraham'
Similarly in Dt29-18a we could interpret it as
'The person who sins fancies himself as a blessing
to his people; he thinks he is a leader leading them
to peace.'
COMMENT: Note how this intepretation answers the question in
Rashi on Dt29-28a: The NATION is punished for the deeds of the
INDIVIDUAL because the NATION followed him and put up with him
See a similar theological Rashi on Lv20-05
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