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VERSE: Nu04-49a

==================== Nu04-49a =======================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks is to explain
Grammar the same way modern Hebrew books
explain grammar.

One principle of Grammar is the principle of
APPOSITION. The APPOSITION principles states
that under certain circumstances words occuring
in a sentence should be move to an EARLIER/LATER
part of a sentence. The example below clarifies.


EXAMPLES Nu04-49a
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Nu04-49a states
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According to the command of God
he censused them under Moses leadership,
each person according to his service and work
AND THEIR CENSUSES WHICH GOD COMMANDED MOSES
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Rashi elegantly interprets the cryptic CAPPED phrase
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AND THEIR CENSUSES WHICH GOD COMMANDED MOSES
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using the principle of APPOSITION, as follows:

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According to the command of God
he
- censused them
- BY THEIR CENSUSES WHICH GOD COMMANDED(i.e 30-50)
under Moses Leadership,
each person according to his service and work
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By using APPOSITION Rashi understands the verse
as talking about
- the ACT of census (He CENSUSED them...)
- the ATTRIBUTES of census(the CENSUSES God ordered)
  (that is: 30-50)
Both of these were at the order of God.

There is an aspect of METONOMY (Related meaning)
here since
- CENSUSES GOD COMMANDED refers to the
- ATTRIBUTES of the CENSUSES GOD COMMANDED
Perhaps some students of Rashi would prefer this
Rashi classified as METONOMY (Related meaning).
However since the verb CENSUS can equally refer
to the ACT of CENSUS as well as the DEMOGRAPHICS
of census (20-30), therefore we have classifed
the Rashi as an example of APPOSITION.

LIST075a below summarizes this apposition and
brings in many more examples.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     APPOSITION
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST075a
List of verses with      Use of APPOSITION
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==================== LIST075a =============================
List of verses with      Use of APPOSITION
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VERSE    WORDS IN APPOSITION IN VERSE are CAPPED*1
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Nu04-49a By Gods order were census act & CENSUSES OF GOD*2
Gn19-12b WHO ELSE is with you--CHILDREN IN-LAWS--leave city
Gn14-23a FROM THREAD TO SHOELACE...If I take ANYTHING
Ex23-33a Dont intermarry lest you SIN--ie SERVE OTHER GODS
Isa63-7  I will remember GODS GRACE--ie HIS PRAISES
Ps147-9  God gives ANIMALS food-(even) to RAVENS that pray
Gn01-29a I God give to MAN plant food---& to the ANIMALS
Lv06-13a This is the INAUGURATION SACRIFICE-DAILY MNCH

NOTES
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*1 So the verse should be read with all the CAPPED words
   brought together. For example Gn14-23a is UNDERSTOOD as
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   If I take ANYTHING---FROM THREAD TO SHOELACE-from you
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*2 So the Biblical text
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   he CENSUSED them
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   refers to the ACT of census.

   The Biblical text
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   CENSUSES OF GOD TO MOSES
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   would refer to the CENSUS categories, Age 30-50, that
   God ordered Moses.
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