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VERSE: Lv18-03a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv18-03a Lv18-03b Lv18-09b

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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One  of Rashis 10 main goals is to give the meaning of
words the same way the dictionary gives meaning. We
call this the Rashi method of WORD MEANING.

Rashi had a variety of vehicles to present meaning.
Rashi frequently explained MULTI-WORD IDIOMS. An IDIOM
occurs when 1 or more words form a NEW MEANING not
directly equal to the meaning of the constituent words
of the IDIOM. We call this the SUBRULE of NEW MEANINGS
since the words acquire new meanings.

In acquiring NEW MEANINGS Rashi frequently used a
universal principle of all languages---METONOMY.
METONOMY refers to the capacity to name an item
by a related item (such as naming a PEOPLE, Americans,
by the LAND they live in, America)

METONOMY is closed related to SYNECHDOCHE which
refers to naming a whole class by an exemplary
member of the class or naming an object by a
distinguished part of that object.


EXAMPLE 1: Lv18-03a Lv18-03b
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Lv18-01:06 states
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, to say over: Speak
to the people of Israel, and say to them, I am
the Lord your God. EGYPTIAN-LIKE acts, (where you dwelt),
shall you not do; and CANAANITE-LIKE acts,
(where I bring you), shall you not do; nor shall
you walk in their ordinances.... None of you shall
approach to any who is near of kin to him,
to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord.
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To understand Rashi we must first
explain the technique of SYNECHDOCHE,
a literary technique present in all languages.
SYNECHDOCHE refers to naming an entire class or
object by a particularly exemplary member of that
class or part of that object. Examples are
plentiful in all languages.

Examples:
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- HONEY can refer to anything SWEET
- BREAD can refer generically to FOOD
- The word HEART can refer to the totality
  of a PERSON as in e.g. My heart yearns for you, God
- DAY (i.e. the lit part of the 24 hour cycle)
  can refer to the WHOLE DAY.
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These examples enable us to understand Rashi:
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Since the verse describes general sexual
misconduct with the phrases
EGYPTIAN-LIKE ACTS and CANAANITE-LIKE acts
we may infer that Egypt and Canaan were
exemplary in sexual misconduct.
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Here Rashi uses the SYNECHDOCHE principle to
explain the reason for naming sexual preversity
by EGYPTIAN-LIKE and CANAANITE-like.

EXAMPLE 2: Lv18-09b
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Lv18-09 states
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You shall not commit incest with
your sister-from your mother or father--
-- an IN BIRTH or an OUT BIRTH--
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Rashi can be beautifully paraphrased
using a well known English idiom
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- OUT BIRTH means BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK
- IN BIRTH means BORN IN WEDLOCK
OUT OF WEDLOCK refers, for example,
to an ILLEGITIMATE SISTER
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Finally LIST871z presents these and
other IDIOMS based on metonomy
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ITEM                     DETAIL
======================== =========================================
RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANING
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST871z
List of idioms using     METONOMY/SYNECHDOCHE(Meaning by relation)
==================================================================

========================= LIST871z =============================
List of idioms using METONOMY/SYNECHDOCHE(Meaning by relation)
LIST871z continues LIST871d LIST871c LIST871b LIST871a
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE  METONOMY(ITEM means RELATED ITEM)
======== ============== =================================
Lv02-11a  HONEY         SWEET
Lv21-21c  BREAD         FOOD
Lv18-03a  Egyptian-like Sexually perverse*1
Lv18-03b  CanaaniteLike Sexually perverse*1
Lv18-09b  OUT BIRTH     OUT of WEDLOCK

NOTES
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*1 Rashi:
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   Since generally sexually-perverse acts are
   called EGYPTIAN-LIKE and CANAANITE LIKE we infer
   that EGYPT and CANAAN were exemplary in sexual
   perversity.
   -----------------------------------------------

   Here Rashi uses the SYNECHDOCHE principle to
   explain the reason for naming sexual perversity
   as EGYPT-LIKE and CANAANITE-LIKE.
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