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VERSE: Lv26-08a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-08a Lv26-15a Lv26-15b Lv26-17j
Lv26-17b Dt32-04a
============================= Lv26-08a ===========================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main methods is the GRAMMAR method where Rashi
explains GRAMMAR the same way GRAMMAR books do. A major
submethod of the GRAMMAR method is explain sentence order.
Most sentences use a VERB-OBJECT-INDIRECT-OBJECT order.
The following simple sentence illustrates this
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I brought the wine to the table
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT INDIRECT OBJECT
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Deviation from this basic order indicates emphasis; you
place a word earlier in the sentence to bring attention
and focus on it in order to emphasize it.
In such a case the sentence
- retains its simple meaning
- and ALSO indicates the emphasis indicated by the
reordering of the words
This is a peach of a Rashi since it illustrates
a basic idea about exegetical vs. simple meaning.
EXAMPLE Lv26-08a
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The biblical phrase
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FROM AMONG YOU: 5 will pursue 100
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vs
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5 FROM AMONG YOU will pursue 100
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emphasizes the FROM AMONG YOU. Hence Rashi comments
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Even 5 weaklings will pursue 100
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EXAMPLE Lv26-17b Lv26-17j
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The biblical phrase
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The haters IN YOU will rule
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vs
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The haters will rule IN YOU
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emphasizes the IN YOU. Rashi comments
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You will be ruled over by Jewish Anti-semites
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EXAMPLE Dt32-04
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The biblical phrase
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Strong God, PERFECT are His ways
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vs
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Strong God: His ways are PERFECT
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emphasizes PERFECT. Hence Rashi comments
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Despite His strength (no one can stand
up to him) God is always Just in His
ways and does not abuse His Power.
EXAMPLE Lv26-15a Lv26-15b
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The Biblical phrases
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If my STATUTES are despised
If my ORDINANCES are loathed
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vs
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If you despise my STATUTES
If you loathe my ORDINANCES
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emphasizes STATUTES and ORDINANCES
Hence Rashi comments
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If you despise STATUTORY religious law
If you despise Jewish COURTS (which
enforce ordinances)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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The sentence order rule was powerfully
advocated by the great modern commentator
Malbim who skillfully used it in his
commentary to defend many difficult
midrashim.
LIST065a below summarizes these results
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: GRAMMATICAL ORDER
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW LIST065a
A list of verses with deviant Grammatical order(=emphasis)
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===================== LIST065a ================================
A list of verses with deviant Grammatical order(=emphasis)
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VERSE Biblical Text*10 Point of Emphasis
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Lv26-08a FROM YOU:5 pursue 100 Even 5 weaklings pursue 100
Lv26-15a ORDINANCES loathe Redicule judicial system
Lv26-15b STATUTES despise Religious statutory law
Lv26-17j IN YOU:Haters rule Jewish anti-semitism*1
Dt32-04a God:JUST are his ways JUST even though he is strong
NOTES
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*1 Rashi on Lv26-17b emphasizes an important point
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The verse
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FROM YOU: Haters rule
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
has TWO meanings, both of which are true.
This verse has the simple meaning
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Haters rule in you (literally: OVER YOU)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The verse ADDITIONALLY has the emphasis
connoted by the deviant grammatical order
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IN-YOU-HATERS (i.e. Jewish anti-semites)
rule in you (over you)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This Rashi emphasizes how
- simple meaning
- exegetical meaning
need not be either identical or conflicting.
Rather the two can be complimentary. In this case
- one meaning is the meaning of the sentence
- the other meaning derives from the deviant order
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*10 The words with deviant grammatical order are capped.
For example Lv26-08a states
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FROM YOU: 5 pursue 100
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Proper order requires
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5 FROM YOU pursue 100
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The deviant order places emphasis on the phrase FROM YOU
Hence the Rashi cited in the POINT OF EMPHASIS column
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Even 5 weaklings--that is ANY people FROM YOU--will
be able to pursue 100
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