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VERSE: Nu01-04a

RASHIS COVERED: Nu01-04a Nu01-17a Nu01-17b*11

================= Nu01-04a ===================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain
Grammar the same way modern Grammar books do.
Grammar deals with many topics In this posting
we deal with the grammatical rules governing
sentences. Most Biblical verses are complete
sentences. However in certain rare cases TWO
Verses form ONE sentence. An examples is
provided below. As a special treat we see the
famous STRUCTURE methods of Casuto one of the
early defenders against the Bible critics

EXAMPLE: Nu01-03:05 Nu01-15:17
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God orders Moses to Count, with the Tribe
heads, the Jews above 20.

Thus we have a verse for each part of Grammar
-- VERB: COUNT the Jews (Verse 2)
-- OBJECT(Who do you count) Jews above 20 (v3)
-- ADVERB(How do you count)With Tribe heads-v4

This sequence VERB-OBJECT-ADVERB
is repeated in a charming reverse order
in both Nu01-03:05 and Nu01-15:17
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      MULTI-VERSE SENTENCES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
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SEE BELOW                LIST070c
List of clauses in       Nu01-03:05 Nu01-15:17
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      WORD MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
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SEE BELOW                LIST811a
List of verses where     N-K-V means to FIX
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================== LIST070c ==================

We study the multi-verse sentences Nu01-02:04
and Nu01-15:17. These multi-verse sentences
state that

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 Moses should count, with the tribe heads,
 the Jews above 20
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 The sentence has 3 parts
 - VERB: To Count
 - OBJECT: Jews above 20
 - ADVERB: Count with tribe heads

 Each part takes up one verse.

 Nu01-02:04 is a COMMAND to count while
 Nu01-15:17 is a STATEMENT that they fulfilled
 the order and counted*10

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Nu01-02:04 Nu01-15:17 GRAMMAR Text
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Nu01-02    Nu01-17    VERB    Count
Nu01-03    Nu01-16    OBJECT  Jews over 20
Nu01-04    Nu01-15    HOW*1   With Tribe heads

NOTES
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*1 i.e. ADVERB, actually an ADVERBIAL phrase

---------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES -----------

*10 Note the Charming reverse order of
    Nu01-02:04 vs Nu01-15:17. That is the order
    in Nu01-02:04 is VERB-OBJECT-HOW while the
    order in Nu01-15:17 is HOW-OBJECT-VERB
    (reversed).

    These type of STRUCTURE INSIGHTS
    were frequently made by the scholar
    Casuto who was an early defender against
    the Bible critics.

    Nu01-02:04 is the ORDER to count
    Nu01-15:17 is the STATEMENT that they counted
    (that is that they fulfilled the order)

*11 Our point here is that all the Rashis
    are simply pointing to the multiverse
    structure More specifically
    - In Nu01-04a Rashi explicitly connects
      the tribal leaders mentioned in Nu01-04
      with the act of counting mentioned in Nu01-02
      (That is Rashi illumines the
      multi verse structure)

    - In Nu01-17a Rashi similarly connects
      the tribal heads with the act of counting

    - Rashi in Nu01-17b also connects the
      tribal heads with the act of counting

      Rashi further illumines the meaning
      of the root N-K-B (Which is explained
      in list811a)

      Thus we have not mentioned particular
      Rashis but rather focused on the common
      theme of a multi-verse sentence. We
      believe this the most fruitful approach
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================== LIST811a =====================

We list 4-5 verses where the Biblical root
Nun-Kuf-Beth means TO FIX. This helps
illumine the meaning of Nu01-17 which states
that Moses took the tribal leads WHO WERE
FIXED BY NAME.

All entries are courtesy of RADACK the book
of ROOTS
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VERSE     TEXT of VERSE with N-K-B=FIXED
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Gn30-28   FIX your wages and I will pay them
Isa62-02  You-ll get a new name FIXED by God
Nu01-17   The distinguished people FIXED by named
Amos06-01 The FIXED -- the Best of the Nations

NOTES
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*1 Radack lists Lv24-11 however despite the
   grammatical support for Radack we would
   be inclined to translate this as CURSED
   similar to the sister verse Lv24-16.

   Thus Lv24-11 means HE CURSED THE NAME OF
   GOD and CURSED See footnote *10 for
   an interpretation consistent with the
   Radack
---------- LONGER FOOTNOTES --------------------

*10 Using the Radacks interpretation we would
    translate Lv24-11 as
    -- AND HE FIXED THE NAME OF GOD and CURSED

    I would interpret this to mean that eg
    he mentioned the NAME OF GOD (FIXED it
    as a reference in the conversation) and
    then started cursing IT, the IT referring
    to the FIXED TOPIC, Gods name).

    I quickly point out that this would lead
    to novelty---it would state that a person
    is liable to a death penalty from
    blasphemy even if he didnt other the
    curse word and Gods name in one breath--
    it is sufficient that the NAME OF GOD
    is FIXED in the conversation and in one
    breath he curses IT (However this is a
    very novel interpretation and requires
    further investigation)
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