13 Methods for inferring meaning:#3 of 32 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # May 24, 2001 # # Rashis 757-759 Of 7800 (9.7%) # # # # VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES # # ----------------------------- # # http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, RashiYomi Inc., Dr Hendel President # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # # # ########################################################### GOALS: ------ I decided its time for a longer unit. This unit will focus on a major Rashi task--explaining the MEANINGS OF WORDS. Explaining the MEANINGS of WORDS is more than looking something up in a dictionary. There are METHODS to explaining WORDS. Thus in this module we will explore HOW Rashi determines the meanings of words. TODAYS UNIT ----------- In Todays unit we see a consistent pattern in how the 4 compass positions are named. REFERENCE: ---------- This module comes from the following references in the Rashi-is-Simple series. http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h10n7.htm #*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc., 2001, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#*# EXAMPLE 6: Ex27-13a EXAMPLE 7: Nu02-03a EXAMPLE 8: Nu34-15a NOTE: These 3 Rashis say the same thing =============== THE WORDS FOR North, South, West... ============= We review a list of the 4 compass positions and see a consistency in how they are named. To understand the naming conventions we imagine a person facing the sunrise (which happens in the east). Then * EAST is the direction he FACEs * WEST is to his BACK * SOUTH is on his RIGHT The verses illustrating this principle come from RADACK, ROOTS ================================================================= POSITION NAME SAMPLE VERSE TEXT OF VERSE ======== =========== ============ ============================ EAST BEFORE/FACE Ex27-13 *1 the EASTERN side WEST AFTER/BACK Joel 2:20 *1 The WESTERN SEA SOUTH RIGHT Song 4:16 Arouse North & come SOUTH NOTES ===== *1 Particularly strong proofs come from verses which mention opposite directions. For example we have ------------------------------------------------------------- Joel 2:20 Its start to the EAST SEA & its end to the WEST SEA ------------------------------------------------------------- or -------------------------------------------------------------- Job 23:8 I cant find God in the EAST or search for him in WEST -------------------------------------------------------------- In these verses the words for EAST and WEST are FACE and BACK. These contrasts lend credibility to our thesis ================================================================= #*#*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi, 2001 Inc. Dr. Hendel President #*#*#*#*#