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VERSE: Lv17-14b

RASHIS COVERED: Lv17-14b Gn29-27a Gn49-06d
                Dt29-20a Lv24-09b Nu05-15b

==================== Lv17-14b ===================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain grammar
the same way modern Hebrew grammar books explain
grammar.

One important concept in grammar is gender.
Recall that every noun has a gender. One
of Rashis jobs is to indicate Noun-Gender

EXAMPLE Lv17-14b
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For the SOUL of all FLESH---SHE is in the BLOOD

RASHI:  SOUL=is FEMININE
        FLESH,BLOOD=MASCULINE
        Hence the sentence translates
        -For the SOUL (of all fleshes) IS in their blood

In other words Rashi identifies the reference of the
pronoun to the word SOUL

EXAMPLE Dt28-61 Dt29-20a
------------------------
Dt28-61   In the book of THIS TORAH
          RASHI: Both THIS and TORAH are feminine
Dt29-20a  In THIS BOOK of the Torah
          RASHI: Both THIS and BOOK are masculine

Other examples are presnted in the list below
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ITEM                     DETAIL
======================== =========================
RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST041a
Words from Verses with   Masculine/Feminine Gender
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============================ LIST041a ===============================

 Nouns in Hebrew have GENDER
 Rashi indicates GENDER of words
 in the list below In each case
 a pronoun is MASCULINE or FEMININE
 and Rashi indicates the noun it
 refers to

 Since GENDER is a well understood concept we suffice with this
 list and do not eg give other verses where this gender is
 illustrated.

 As the footnotes show, even though GENDER is well understood,
 Rashi had a need to comment because there were several nouns
 in the verse and therefore clarification is needed on which
 noun the pronoun IT refers to. This is done by GENDER considerations
 =====================================================================
WORD      MASCULINE VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE (PRONOUN is translated)
========= ========= ======== ========================================
SOUL      FEMININE  Lv17-14b The SOUL of animals,IT(SHE) is in blood
--------- -------- -------- ----------------------------------------
LEPROSY*1 FEMININE  Lv13-08  IT(She) is LEPROSY
FLESH*1   MASCULINE Lv13-15  The LIVING FLESH--IT(he)is impure
WOUND*1   MASCULINE Lv13-03  IT(He) is a LEPROUS wound
--------- --------- -------- ----------------------------------------
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 Throughout Lv13 the Bible speaks about
   - Leprosy(Feminine)
   - Flesh (Masculine)
   - Wounds (Masculine)
   Hence where the Bible says IT (HE-SHE) Rashi must
   clarify if they eg are referring to the WOUND or LEPROSY

*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
   ------------------------------------------
   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
   ------------------------------------------

   Rashi infers this both from the gender and person of
   the verbs. For the verse does not say
   ------------------------------------------
   May my SOUL not get near them (3rd person)
   ------------------------------------------

   But rather says
   ----------------------------------------------
   My SOUL: YOU do not get near them (2nd person)
   ----------------------------------------------

   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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