The 6 usages of the word >THE<:#21 of 35 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # Apr 4, 2001 # # Rashis 687-688 Of 7800 (8.8%) # # # # VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES # # ----------------------------- # # http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, RashiYomi Inc., Dr Hendel President # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # # # ########################################################### NOTICE ====== The 10 CRUNCHY PASSOVER TORAH NUGGETS from last year are up and may be found at http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ RULE ==== The words >THE< can be used in 4 ways --THE can refer to a proper noun --THE can refer to something that is mentioned nearby eg Dt04-32c >Has anyone heard THE GREAT THING-that God saved a nation enslaved in another nation with great miracles< Thus the phrase >THE GREAT THING< refers to the verse that follows >That God saved a nation enslaved in another nation< In other words the >GREAT THING< is Gods freeing one nation from another. --THE can refer to a concept, story or thing mentioned ELSEWHERE (but not immediately afterwards) eg Nu13-33a >We saw there THE Nefilim< This refers to the NEFILLIM nation mentined in Gn06-04 --THE can refer to the best known of a class eg Dt01-07e >THE Mount< -- This refers to The Kings Mountain GOALS: ===== A person completing this module will be able to correctly identify the specific usages of >THE< in the Bible. TODAYS UNIT =========== In the next few days we bring examples where >THE< refers to the >BEST KNOWN< or >SPECIAL< item of a class. REFERENCE: ========= This module comes from the following digest in the Rashi-is-Simple series http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n14.htm http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n16.htm http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n18.htm http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n19.htm #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2001 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* ------------------------------------------------------------ In the following verses >THE< refers to the BEST & SPECIAL ------------------------------------------------------------ EXAMPLE 50: Ex07-19f ==================== The blood plague will be in THE WOODERY(ie wood utensils)*6 EXAMPLE 51: Ex12-37b ==================== Only THE SPECIAL Men (ie warriors) can serve God*8 -------------------------NOTES--------------------------------- *6 The exact text of the verse is ------------------------------------------------------------ Behold I ...bring the plague of blood ..there will be blood ---IN the land of Egypt ---IN THE Wood ---IN THE stones ------------------------------------------------------------ In other words it does not say: >there will be blood in Egypt: in Egypts wood and stones<. Such a verse would view >wood & stones< as a comment on EGYPT--the blood will be in Egypt-- even in the wood and stones. But rather it says >there will be blood (1) in Egypt (2) in THE wood and (3) in the stones<. The parallel word >IN< creates a bullet like effect and makes EGYPT, WOOD, STONES 3 separate entities. Furthermore the phrase >THE WOOD< refers to SPECIAL WOOD ITEMS. I therefore think the best translation would be >THE WOODERY<, similar to the English >POTTERY<. Thus >WOODERY< would denote items (like utensils) make of wood. Note how Rashi is NOT commenting on the extra words. Rather Rashi is responding to grammatical cues such as the phrase >THE WOOD< as well as the repeating KEYWORD, >IN< which creates a bullet like effect. For references to the idea that KEYWORDS indicate bullets see http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex18-01d.htm or http://www.RashiYomi.Com/dt30-15a.htm *8 Military service started at 20 years. Hence >THE< men would probably refer to MILITARY MEN who protect the nation. #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2001 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*