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VERSE: Nu22-25a

RASHIS COVERED: Nu22-25a Nu22-25b

======================== TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR ====================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashi has 6 main goals in his commentary. One of them is the
explanation of Grammatical theory. Classical Hebrew Grammatical
theory asserts that the Hebrew language rests on 3-letter roots.
Each root is assigned a meaning. These roots can be CONJUGATED
in various ways to indicate TIME(Past, future), PERSON (1st,
2nd, 3rd), PLURALITY (singular vs plural), etc. Thus SHMARTI
means I HAD WATCHED while TISHMERI means SHE WILL WATCH. Nu22-25
contains the root Lamed-Cheth-Tzade in 2 modes (Passive active)
Rashi translates: The Donkey was SHOVED (Passive) into the wall
and then SHOVED (Active) Bilam into the wall

REFERENCES
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The RashiYomi Grammar page: http://www.RashiYomi.com/grammar.htm

There are many classical references and modern books on Hebrew
grammar. My favorite however is the terse but comprehensive
appendix to IBN SHOSHANS Dictionary (Volume 5 has about 2
dozen tables covering most of classical Hebrew grammar)

TODAYS LIST
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Todays list is a LIST of verses with similar forms.
Note that ACTIVE conjugation is RARE (See the footnotes
and examples)
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MODE       ROOT         ROOT-form     IBN SHOSHAN
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PASSIVE    Nu22-25      Tee-La-Chaytz Table 1; Full roots
PASSIVE    Gn06-11      Tee-Sa-Chaytz Table 1: Full roots*1
ACTIVE     Ps38-03      Vat-Tin-Chas  Table 1: Footnote #10*2
ACTIVE     Gn13-11      Vay-Yiv-Char  Table 1: Footnote #10*3
ACTIVE     Nu05-27      Vat-tim-ol    Table 1:*4

NOTES
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*1 Many examples are taken from the Grammatical Form
   Konkordance of Alfred Silberman Form 4619

*2 The traditional form is Vat-tif-kod. The rarer form
   Vat-tin-Chas is sometimes used particularly when the
   the second root letter is guttural (These exceptions
   are indicated in Footnote #10 of Ibn Shoshan and may
   have motivated Rashi to comment here since the conjugation
   is rare and as a Masorite Rashi particularly commented on
   Rare items)

*3 Also see Silbermans Grammatical Form Konkordance--form 4509



*4 Silberman Form 4557. Note according to Silberman NO 1-chet-3
   root is conjugated with a PATACH AND an overturning VAV.

   However Form 116 in Silberman shows Ve-Niv-Char (not
   ve-niv-chor)

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

*10 I have advanced the idea that Rashi particularly commented
    on grammar when the grammatical phenomenon
    - was RARE
    - or reflected a confusion with a SIMILAR FORM.

    In this verse we have
    - The rare occurence of the PATACH ACTIVE FUTURE
    - 2 forms of the same verb in the same verse

    This probably motivated Rashi to comment

    My opinion is that Rashi was not really a commentator but
    rather a MASORITE who was trying to preserve the Biblical
    text---the commentary was secondary. For a full discussion
    as well as a DATABASE definition of Rarity see my
    full (Technical) article on the Rashi rules at

    http://www.Rashiyomi.com/database.htm
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