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VERSE: Lv13-55a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex09-03a Ex06-03c Ex25-40b Ex08-05a Dt29-18a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is the explanation of GRAMMAR
the same way GRAMMAR books explain grammar. A classical
application of Grammar is the conjugation of verbs. There
are many books listing the conjugation of verbs. My favorite
source is the 12 Page appendix to Volume 5 of the Ibn Shoshan
Dictionary. Rashi will particularly focus on conjugations
- with very rare forms or
- common forms but rare meanings
EXAMPLE Lv13-55a
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The verse say AFTER IT HAS BEEN WASHED. Thus the verse
uses a PASSIVE INFINITIVE (it has been washed)(Rashi).
However as we show below the form HuKaBayS is so obscure
that it doesnt really resemble any form--whether passive,
causative or interactive (reflexive). All we can be
certain about is the verse meaning not the conjugation
used.
EXAMPLE Ex09-03a
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God-s hand WILL BE on your livestock
WILL BE is the ACTIVE MODE, PRESENT TENSE of H-Y-H
EXAMPLE Ex06-03c
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I had not BEEN KNOWN by my name the Creator
BEEN KNOWN is PASSIVE MODE. In other words God did tell
them His name but they never saw Gods creation since eg
God promised them Israel but they never saw this
created (fulfilled). (I.S.(Ibn Shoshan) table 2)
EXAMPLE Ex25-40b
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...the Candellabrah which you are BEING SHOWN in the mountain
BEING SHOWN is present tense, PASSIVE MODE indicating that
God actually showed Moses a Candellabrah design presumably
because Moses had difficulty understanding it (I.S. Table 9)
EXAMPLE Ex08-05a
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(Moses to Pharoh) DARE ME to give a time when the plague
will stop
DARE ME is the INTERACTIVE MODE (I.S. Table 1) of the
root P-A-R (Praise). By DARING Moses to provide a time,
Pharoh is forced to PRAISE God if the plague stops at
that time.
EXAMPLE Dt29-18a
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...and he PATS HIMSELF ON THE BACK saying all is OK
PATS HIMSELF ON THE BACK is the INTERACTIVE MODE (I.S.
Table 1) of the root B-R-Ch which means to BLESS. To
INTERACTIVELY BLESS oneself is to say ALL IS OK
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS Verb Conjugations
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW LIST701f
List of Rare conjugations of verbs
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List of Rare conjugations of verbs
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VERSE ROOT TENSE MODE TEXT OF VERSE
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Lv13-55a C-B-S Infntve Passive*5 After it was WASHED*5
Ex09-03a H-Y-H Present Active Gods hand WILL BE on you
Ex06-03c Y-D-A PAST Passive*1 I was NOT KNOWN as the Creator
Ex25-40b R-A-H Present Passive*2 You ARE BEING SHOWN at mountain
Ex08-05a P-A-R Command Interactive DARE me to stop the plague*3
Dt29-18a B-R-C Past*4 Interactive PATS HIMSELF ON BACK-all is OK
NOTES
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*1 God-s point is not that God didn't tell the Patriarchs his name,
but rather that God had NOT BEEN KNOWN by that name. In other
words God made promises to the Patriarchs (such as promise of
Israel and redemption from Egypt) but the Patriarchs never
saw these promises fulfilled (Hence God had NOT BEEN KNOWN by
his ability to create--that is they hadnt seen it fulfilled).
In the context, Moses is being reprimanded for wanting
IMMEDIATE fulfillment of prophecy.
*2 Rashi is Simple -- Moses was shown the Candellabrah design
which was sculptored from one piece. From the fact that
the verse explicitly mentions this we infer that Moses had
difficulty in comprehending the design and hence God had
to show it to him.
*3 P-A-R means to PRAISE. The interactive tense means to DARE--
that is, Moses DARED Pharoh to specify a time when the
plague would stop--if the plague stopped at that time
then Gods greatness would be revealed and He would be
PRAISED.
*4 B-R-Ch means to BLESS. Interactive BLESSING means HE PATS
HIMSELF ON THE BACK (He convinces himself that what he
is doing is correct)
*5 This verb is so rare that it is not possible to make any
reasonable comment. Here are some ideas
- Rashi takes it as PASSIVE tense (Nifal)
Now the infinitive of PASSIVE is Hay-A-Cayl. The
rare infinitive of PASSIVE is Hay-A-Chol--this is
conjugation pattern #3490 in Silbermans Grammatical
Form Konkordance (He gives the following examples:
Lv07-18, 2S17-11,Nu09-17, Lv13-14, Ex40-37, Ez43-18,
Lv13-07 ) Clearly however Hay-A-Chol and HuKaBays
are two different forms.
- Silberman himself lists HuKaBays as conjugation form
#7113 -- He thinks it a rare Hitpael or Hifil.
The truth of the matter is that the form is so rare
and obscure that it doesnt really resemble anything!!
All we can be sure is that the verse means AFTER IT
WAS WASHED. The form used doesnt really resemble any
other form (So we should take Rashi SEMANTICALLY not
SYNTACTICALLY)
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