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VERSE: Nu24-25a

================ ALSO..ALSO means BOTH ==========================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Nu24-25a states ALSO DONT CURSE THEM...ALSO DONT BLESS
THEM. The repeated ALSO style is an idiom that denotes an
emphasis on BOTH items being treated EQUALLY. Bilam had learned
that you dont get SOMETHING for NOTHING. Every request for a
curse from God resulted in a blessing. So at this point Bilam
EQUALLY did not want the Jews CURSED or BLESSED--since no matter
what he did they would be blessed. Another good example occurs in
Ju08-22--ALSO YOU ALSO YOUR CHILDREN WILL RULE US. This is MORE
than a statement that BOTH will rule--it is a statement that
him and his children would be EQUALLY RESPECTED

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE AND SUBRULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of
words the same way a dictionary does. But Rashi not explains
the meaning of WORDS but also explains the meaning of PHRASES.
Each WORD in a phrase may have a clear meaning but the PHRASE
as a whole may have a nuance that goes beyond its individual
words.

REFERENCES
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The RashiYomi dictionary page may be found at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm

TODAYS LIST
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We gather several verses where the ALSO-ALSO style is used.
We show how this style indicates an emphasis on BOTH ITEMS
BEING TREATED EQUALLY. Note one need not use a CD ROM to
obtain these lists. The Masorites left us long lists of
verses that exhibit strange patterns thousands of years
before the advent of computers.
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VERSE     TEXT OF VERSE*1                     EMPHASIS OF BOTH
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Ju08-22   Both YOU and YOUR SON will rule us  Equal respect
Nu24-25a  Dont BLESS them;Dont CURSE them     Leave me alone
Gn24-25   We have GOOD & CHEAP FODDER         Can accomodate
Gn32-20   He commanded the 1st,2nd...         Equal emphasis*2
Gn43-08a  Neither you,us,or animals will die  Equal emphasis*3
Gn44-16a  Both the thief & us are yours       Treat us as a group
Ex04-10a  I always stuttered--today,yesterday Equal stuttering*4

NOTES
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*1 The Biblical text uses the idiom ALSO ALSO. We have
   omitted this literal translation because it isnt idiomatic
   in English. Instead we have used the word BOTH, NEITHER
   AND etc. The important nuance of EMPHASIS OF BOTHNESS is
   brought out in the 3rd column

*2 Normally you lose interest when you repeat something.
   In this case he had the same seriousness and interest
   when he repeated his words

*3 In other words we are not just saying that their will
   be food for us and the animals but rather there is an
   emphasis that there will be EQUAL FOOD for us and the
   animals---despite the famine the animals, ourselves and
   you (our leader) will eat the same.

*4 Moses point here was DESPITE the fact of a divine revelation
   he still stuttered the same. Since therefore there was no
   hope of curing it it wouldnt be appropriate to send a
   stutterer to a King.
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