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VERSE: Nu14-12a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn45-11a Dt28-42a Ex15-09e
Ex34-24a Nu14-24d Nu14-12a
================ Yud-Resh-Shin HAS 3 meanings ===================
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The root Yud-Resh-Shin has 3 meanings
depending on the grammatical mode
- In the intensive mode YRSH means POOR
- In the Active Mode YRSH means INHERIT
- In the Causative Mode YRSH means to OUST/CONQUER
REFERENCE:
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This posting is almost verbatim from posting
http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn45-11a.htm which occured in
http://www.RashiYomi.com/h12n13.htm
Also see
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h1n11.htm which contains
a previous posting on the root Yud-Resh-Shin. We
include all previous lists in this posting with added material.
When studying grammar it helps to use the Ibn Shoshan
dictionary
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: GRAMMAR
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: ROOT MEANING
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BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
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Rashi has 6 main goals. One of them is to explain Grammar.
Most people know that Hebrew grammar is based on triliteral
ROOTS which can be CONJUGATED in various ways. These roots
can have one or several meanings. Besides teaching conjugation
Rashi will also teach root meaning. Very often even advanced
scholars will only know the basic meaning of a root--Rashi
will then come and show the other meanings.
TODAYS LISTS
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We present 2 lists. The 1st list, simply lists the 3 basic
meanings of YRSH with sample verses and illustrative texts.
The 2nd list reviews the Rashis on this word who makes further
nuances. Here is the 1st list.
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MODE MEANING TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING capped VERSE
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Kal Inherit He wont INHERIT with Isaac Gn21-10
Kal Inherit My servant will INHERIT me Gn15-03
Piel Poor Come to Egypt Lest you become POOR Gn45-11
Piel Poor dont oversleep lest you become POOR Prv20-13
Hifil Oust Israel OUSTED the Emori from there Nu21-32
Hifil Oust God will OUST these nations Dt11-23
NOTES
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*1 Strictly speaking there are Kal occurences which have an
element of conquest such as Dt01-21, Dt02-24,or Dt02-31
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*10 There are some slight connections between these meanings:
- TO OUST means TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE POOR (Causative)
- The DECEASED becomes OUSTED & IMPOVERISHED from his estate
which is INHERITED by the inheritors.
But we will not dwell on these connections as they are not
needed to understand the lists below. We present 2 lists
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============== RASHIS ON YRASH ==================================
The 1st list above, simply lists the 3 basic meanings of YRSH
with sample verses and illustrative texts. The 2nd list below
reviews the Rashis on Y-R-Sh who makes further nuances.
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VERSE TEXT of VERSE with the TRANSLATION OF YRSH capped
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Gn45-11a I will feed you; otherwise you will become POOR
Dt28-42a The locusts will IMPOVERISH your trees from fruit*1
Ex15-09e The enemy said I will IMPOVERISH them
Ex34-24a When I(God) OUST enemies from before you*2
Nu14-24d Kalevs descendants will OUST the enemy*3
Nu14-12a I-ll DESTROY the Jews by plague;Moses will replace them
NOTES
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*1 Rashi makes 3 points: (Dt28-42a, Dt28-42b, Dt28-42c)
-- A POOR tree is a tree without fruit (Dt28-42a)
-- Y-R-Sh means POOR because it is in PIEL
-- The following alternate MODES have alternate meanings
(See Ibn Shoshan, Table 5, Silent Yud-2-3 verbs)
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Hebrew Mode Meaning
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-- Yee-Rash Kal Inherit
-- YeYah-Raysh*10 Piel Become poor
-- Yo-rish Hifil oust
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*2 Rashi makes explicit here that in the HIFIL Y-R-Sh
does not mean CONQUER but rather TO OUST.
*3 Rashi points out that
-- HIFIL of Y-R-Sh is YO-RISH and means TO OUST
-- KAL of Y-R-Sh is YE-RASH and means TO INHERIT
Thus the two conjugations are similar and hence
Rashi commented. See the article and URL below for
examples where Rashi comments on SIMILAR conjugations
http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/rules-01.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/grammar.htm
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*10 To be technical Ibn Shoshan lists
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YeYaSayr - with a Patach
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We however have given
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YeYahSayr - with a Kamatz
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The reason for this is that
-- the first root letter is the weak letter YUD
-- the second root letter is a guttural CHETH
Thus Y-R-Sh is an example of a root with two weak
letters. As we have pointed out Rashi comments on
Rare verb conjugations. See
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/rules-01.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/grammar.htm
This can be further proven using Alfred Silbermans
Grammatical Form Konkordance.
- Form 1055.14 lists about 3 dozen Piel,single,future
3rd person verbs that use a PATACH (and have no
guttural letter for a 2nd root letter) Some examples
are Gn49-27, Lv11-25, Ex30-10, Ex23-08, Ex21-34)
- By contrast Forms 1393-19:21 list about a dozen
Piel Single future 3rd person verbs that use a
Kamatz (and have a guttural letter for a 2nd root
letter). Some examples are
Gn28-03, Nu24-03, Ex11-01, Ex22-16, Ps05-07
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RASHI RULE USED: GrammarR
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