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VERSE: Lv17-14a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv17-14a Lv17-14b

=========================== Lv17-14a ===========================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way modern Hebrew grammar books explain
grammar. We call this the Rashi rule of GRAMMAR.

One important concept in GRAMMAR is GENDER.
Recall that every noun has a gender.

EXAMPLE Lv17-14a Lv17-14b
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For an animal has a SOUL/LIFE
when ITS BLOOD--IT [masculine] is with its SOUL-DESIRES
therefore I said to the people of Israel,
You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh;
for the LIFE/SOUL of all flesh IT [Feminine ]is its blood;
whoever eats it shall be cut off.
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Rashi identifies the gender of the two words IT as shown
The word SOUL is feminine while the word BLOOD is masculine.
Rashi thereby emphasizes an equivalence between BLOOD & SOUL
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- The SOUL is in the BLOOD
- Animals have a soul when the BLOOD is with the SOUL
(eg when the animal gets aroused its blood flow increases)
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LIST041a below summarizes other Rashis dealing with gender
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     GENDER
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST041a
LIST of                  Nouns with single genders
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========================= LIST041a ==================================
LIST of                  Nouns with single genders
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WORD      MASCULINE VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE (PRONOUN is translated)
========= ========= ======== ========================================
SOUL      FEMININE  Lv17-14b The SOUL of animals,IT(SHE) is in blood
SOUL      MASCULINE Lv17-14a Animals have life when blood is withSoul
--------- -------- -------- ----------------------------------------
FLESH     MASCULINE Lv13-15a The LIVING FLESH--IT(he)is impure
SEAYTH*1  FEMININE  Lv13-10  The SEAYTH-IT(she) has turned white
SEAYTH*1  FEMININE  Lv13-22a If SHE(the seayth) spreads(F)
MSPXTH*1  FEMININE  Lv13-08b IT(she)-the MISPACATH-is impure
--------- --------- -------- ----------------------------------------
TORAH*2   FEMININE  Dt28-61  In the book of THIS TORAH
BOOK *2   MASCULINE Dt29-20a In this TORAH BOOK
--------- --------- -------- ------------------------------------
WEEK*3    MASCULINE Gn29-27a Fulfill the week of this GIRL
HONOR*4   MASCULINE Gn49-06d My HONOR--you dont meet them
BREAD     MASCULINE Lv24-09b Eat IT (him) (The Bread)
FLOUR*5   MASCULINE Nu05-15b The FLOUR is a vengenance minchah
--------- --------- -------- ------------------------------------

NOTES
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*1 Lv13 discusses LEPROSY. The words
   - SEAYTH
   - BAHERETH
   - MISPACATH
   refer to various types of SKIN afflictions (Some leprous
   and some not). Words ending in terminal Tauv are typically
   feminine. The above verses with either
   - feminine conjugations of the verb
   - feminine pronouns
   all confirm this.


*2 IN THIS TORAH BOOK vs IN THE BOOK OF THIS TORAH
   In one case THIS refers to BOOK(masculine) while
   in the other case it refers to TORAH(Feminine)

*3 Cute---The verse seems as if it says
   FULFILL (WORK) THIS WEEK

   But THIS is FEMININE and WEEK is MASCULINE!

   So Rashi explains that the verse means
   FULFILL THE WEEK OF THIS GIRL
   That is Laban said to Jacob that he had to work
   another week of years (7 years) to marry Leah


*4 Rashi makes 2 points here:
   - Jacob interrupts his address to Simon-Levi
   - Jacob addresses his HONOR(soul):HONOR DONT GET NEAR THEM
   Such an abrupt change has important emotional overtones

   According to Rashi the verses would read
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   Simon and Levi are brothers where criminal tools
   MY HONOR---dont get near the meetings
   MY SOUL----dont get involved in their secrets
   For they tried to murder in anger
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   Rashi infers this both from the gender and person of
   the verbs. For the verse does not say
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   May my SOUL not get near them (3rd person)
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   But rather says
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   My SOUL: YOU do not get near them (2nd person)
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   It was important for Rashi to state this since
   the difference in spelling between SECOND PERSON
   FUTURE MASCULINE and THIRD PERSON FUTURE FEMININE
   is very small.

*5 MINCHAH is FEMININE while FLOUR is MASCULINE

   So when it says IT(HE) IS A VENGENANCE MINCHAH, the
   word IT refers to the FLOUR not to the MINCHAH

   The FLOUR of this Minchah was of poorer quality to
   symbolize that the suspected adulteress did something
   seemly (behaved with poorer quality)
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