The 8 methods of naming items:#2 of 8 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # July 2nd, 2001 # # Rashis 832-834 Of 7800 (10.7%) # # # # VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES # # ----------------------------- # # http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-2001, 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 which is a bit longer than the others focuses on a major Rashi task--explaining the MEANINGS OF WORDS. EXPLAINING MEANING is more than looking something up in a dictionary. There are METHODS to explaining WORDS. In this module we will explore HOW Rashi determines meaning --WHAT are Rashis methods. TODAYS UNIT ----------- As I was about to close out this series I notice a beautiful posting of mine whose URL is listed below with several dozen punchy Rashis. These Rashis deal with HOW objects are named and list 8 methods. REFERENCE: ---------- This module comes from the following reference in the Rashi-is-Simple series. http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex25-31a.htm #*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc., 2001, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#*# BACKGROUND ========== You can name an object by any of 8 attributes of the the object. For example you can name an object by how it looks, their form, (e.g. PENTAGON refers to the FORM of the building) or you can name an object by its PURPOSE and FUNCTION (e.g. the UNITED NATIONS refers to the GOAL of the buiding -- to UNITE the world) These 8 methods are listed in footnote *1. In the next few days we review examples of objects named by their form. EXAMPLES ======== ------------------------------------------------------------- The following Candellabrah parts were named by their FORM-- what they looked like ------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE 84: Ex25-31f A BUD is called an ELONGATED CUP EXAMPLE 85: Ex25-31h The FLOWER ornament in the Candellabrah is so called because it has the FORM of a FLOWER EXAMPLE 86: Ex25-31g The word CAFTOR means FRUIT The CAFTOR part of the Candellabrah was a Candellabrah Ornament that looks like FRUIT*2 *3 ------------------------ NOTES ---------------------------------- =========== HOW OBJECTS ARE NAMED ======================== *1 You can name an object by any of 8 attributes of the the object. For example you can name an object by how it looks, their form, (e.g. PENTAGON refers to the FORM of the building) or you can name an object by its PURPOSE and FUNCTION (e.g. the UNITED NATIONS) ========================================================== FOCUS ON OBJECTS' EXAMPLE ====================== ================================== FUNCTION United nations SUBSTANCE PLASTER CAUSE Sunset FEELS HARDship FORM Pentagon EXAGGERATION SkyScraper A GOOD EXAMPLE HONEY can mean anything SWEET ACTIVITY-FORM SURFing the web ========================================================== *2 The other meaning of CAFTOR refers to the TOP OF THE DOORPOST As RADACK and others explain the TOP OF DOORPOSTS was called THE FRUIT because they use to decorate the tops of doorposts with fruit (See RADACK: Book Of ROOTS: He cites references in Amos9:1 and Zefaniah02:14) *3 I have explained that the FRUIT part of the Candellabrah was a Candellabrah ornament that looked like a FRUIT. But I still havent explained how I know that CAFTOR means FRUIT. The simplest derivation would be one of CONTEXT FROM THE VERSE The verse speaks about CANDELLABRAH ornaments that are --ELONGATED CUPS = BUDS --CAFTORS --FLOWERS = LOOKS LIKE FLOWERS Thus the CONTEXT of the verse justifies the plant trilogy of BUD, FRUIT and FLOWER from which we infer that a CAFTOR is a FRUIT. (I then assert that the Candellabrah CAFTOR was an ornament that had the FORM of FRUIT and that doorposts are called THE FRUIT because of their decorations). #*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc., 2001, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#*#