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VERSE: Lv24-20a

RULE: The meaning of the Hebrew word "NTN" depends on the
connective word that follows it

(a) "NTN" TO means GIVE TO
(b) "NTN" IN means to PLACE IN a place(when speaking about a place)
(c) "NTN" IN means to GIVE RESPONSIBILITY or RIGHTS


EXAMPLES
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  In the following verses NTN TO means GIVE TO
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(1) Gn24-53 Eliezer GAVE presents TO Rivkah's brothers
(2) Gn25-06 Abraham GAVE presents TO the concubines
(3) Gn45-22 He GAVE TO his brother clothing
(4) Gn15-03 You have not GIVEN to ME children
(5) Nu27-09 Then GIVE his inheritance to his children


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  In the following verses NTN IN means PUT IN A PLACE
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(6) Nu16-07 PLACE them IN fire



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  In the following verses NTN IN means GIVE RIGHTS/RESPONSIBILITIES
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(7) Gn39-04 My master has GIVEN me RIGHTS to run his household
(8) Gn09-02 God GAVE Adam RIGHTS over all things on earth
(9) 1S24-11 God GAVE me ACCESS to you (I could have killed you)
(10)Lv24-20 As a person GIVES another person a WOUND so shall
            RESPONSIBILITY to pay BE PLACED ON HIM*1

NOTES
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*1 Rashis point is that it doesn't say "If A wounds B then the
court wounds B"---rather it says that if A wounds B then
OBLIGATION of PAYMENT is given to A.

*2 The main posting discusses the difference between the Rambam
and Rashi on this fundamental law.
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