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VERSE: Lv01-15c

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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis main goals is to explain word meaning the
same way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety
of vehicles by which to explain meaning. Frequently Rashi
will explain new idiomatic usage of known words.

EXAMPLE Lv01-15c
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- BIBLICAL TEXT: The blood will be SQUEEZED out on the altar
- RASHI: He pushed the slaughtered animal against the altar
wall so that its blood squeezed out onto the altar.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST854z
List of 2-3 word         Biblical idioms
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======================= LIST854z ================================
A List of Biblical idioms..eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY
LIST854z continues  LIST854d
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VERSE    BIBLICAL PHRASE         TRANSLATION           NOTES
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Lv01-15c BLOOD BE SQUEEZED       Squash animal on wall *7
Ex30-27f BY ITSELF BY ITSELF     Equally for each one
Ex30-04a SIDE OF SIDES           Corner                *6
Ex14-05b CHANGE OF HEART         Changed his mind
Gn43-29a FIND GRACE              Wish(ed) you well     *5
Gn24-57a ASK HER MOUTH           Discuss/get opinions  *4
Ex12-06d BETWEEN THE EVES        NOON                  *3
Gn37-03a SON OF OLD AGE          Youngest              *1
Gn37-26b COVER BLOOD             Conceal murder        *2
Ex21-21a DAY OR DAYS             24 hours
Lv13-39a DULL WHITE              DULL WHITE

NOTES
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*1 Rashi points out 3 equally possible meanings
   - Youngest son (Son born while father  was ELDERLY)
   - Wisest son (ELDER=WISDOM)
   - Son who resembles father (despite old age he still
     looks like son)

*2 This is an example of a DOUBLE METONOMY
   Blood is ASSOCIATED with life and COVER is
   associated with denial. Hence COVER-BLOOD=conceal-murder

*3 NOON is the midpoint between EVE and DAWN. Hence
   NOON is the BETWEEN THE EVES.

*4 The context is the proposed marriage of 15 year old
   Rivkah to Isaac from another country. The offer had
   been made by the servant of Abraham to Rivkahs family

   The Biblical text states: Let us(her parents)
   ASK HER MOUTH

   This is the ONLY time in the Bible that this
   phrase occurs(The verb ASK occurs frequently).
   Apparently this phrase means
   - Lets DISCUSS or LETS GET AN OPINION*10
   Such an interpretation is appropriate for a marriage
   decision

*5 FIND-GRACE can equally mean I WISH YOU WELL or
   YOU WERE WISHED WELL. Rashi points out that GRACE
   by itself has this same connotation (Without the
   full phrase FIND GRACE). See LIST854g for further
   details

*6 Tzade-Lamed-Ayin means SIDE (and hence can refer
   to the RIBS). Thus Ex30-04 speaks about the SIDE
   OF SIDES--that is the CORNER.

*7 Actually the idiom consists of two parts
   - SQUEEZE the blood
   - use of the passive (Blood is SQUEEZED)
   Hence the idea that the slaughtered animal is
   pushed against the altar wall until the blood
   oozes forth.

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*10 Hence the Rashi on Gn24-57b: The Biblical text
    states that Rivkah responded: I WILL GO.

    But Rashi, surprisingly states: I WILL GO WHETHER
    YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

    Why did Rashi read such an emphasis into the simple
    question and answer
    ------------------------------------------
    PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
    RIVKAH: I will go.
    ------------------------------------------

    The answer is that the Bible says
    ------------------------------------------
    PARENTS: We will DISCUSS THE MATTER with her;
             get her opinion
    PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
    RIVKAH: I will go.
    ------------------------------------------

    Thus the context shows that Rivkah was not
    INTERESTED IN A DISCUSSION--she had already
    made up her mind
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