The 4 Usages of  PLEASE:#1 of 9
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OVERVIEW:
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RULE
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RULE: The Hebrew word NA is equivalant to the English word
PLEASE There are 4 methods by which PLEASE is used.



The Hebrew root >Aleph-Samech-Pay< has a fundamental meaning
of >BRINGING IN<.From this fundamental meaning we get 5 meanings





TODAYS UNIT
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In todays unit we give one example of a Rashi
using each method of PLEASE. In subsequent UNITS
we give more examples of each particular method



REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following digest in the
Rashi-is-Simple series

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu10-31a.htm

The following references are a bit longer

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n12.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h4n14.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h2n12.htm


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EXAMPLES--These illustrate the 4 methods of using PLEASE
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EXAMPLE 1: Gn22-02a  PLEASE can denote that...
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YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING **you** SAID YOU WOULDN'T DO As in
Gn22-02a "PLEASE sacrifice your son Isaac", EVEN THOUGH God
had promised to make him a great nation.


EXAMPLE 2: Nu10-31a  PLEASE can denote that...
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YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING THAT **they** SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO
as in Nu10-31a "PLEASE reconsider and do come with us to
Israel", even though you just said no, nevertheless please
reconsider.



EXAMPLE 3: Gn27-22a  PLEASE can denote a...
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SOCIAL PLEASE (emphasizes you are not demanding) as in
Gn27-19 >PLEASE get up< (vs Gn27-31 >Get up<). Thus
we conclude that the person who said >PLEASE GET UP<
was more polite while the person who did not say
>PLEASE GET UP< was more coarse (Jacob vs Esauv)



EXAMPLE 4: Gn50-17a  PLEASE can denote that....
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YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING that you **don't deserve** as in
Gn50-17 "PLEASE forgive us", EVEN THOUGH we deserve to die



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