The 6 usages of the word >THE<:#6 of 35
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RULE
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The word >THE< can be used in 4 ways

--to refer to something that immediately follows

  eg Dt04-32c >Has anyone heard THIS GREAT THING-that God
  saved a nation enslaved in another nation with great miracles<

  Thus the phrase >THIS 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.

--to refer to a concept, story or thing mentioned ELSEWHERE
  (but not immediately afterwards)

  eg Nu13-33a >We saw there THE Nefilim<
  refers to the NEFILLIM nation mentined in Gn06-04

--to refer to the best known of a class

  eg  Dt01-07e >THE Mount< -- This refers to The Kings Mountain

--to refer to a qualitative best

  eg Dt05-18a >You will do the good and upright< -- ie compromise





GOALS:
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A person completing this module will be able to correctly
identify the specific usages of >THE< in the Bible.


TODAYS UNIT
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In the next few days unit we bring verses where
>THE< refers to >THE BEST KNOWN IN ITS CLASS<



EXAMPLE
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For example in Dt01-07 Moses is ordered to tell the
Jews to come >to the Emori...to THE MOUNTAIN<

Notice the word >THE<. Moses did not tell them to go to
 >The Emori..its mountains...< but rather he asked them to
go to  >The Emori ...THE mountain< (Dt01-07e)

The word >THE< cant be referring to a recently mentioned
mountain since no mountain has recently been mentioned.

Hence Rashi says that >THE mountain< refers to the best
mountain---that is, the Kings mountain--that is the
mountain that the King maintains for this personal travels.

Although we cant PROVE that >THE mountain< refers to the
Kings mountain nevertheless Rashis point is that >THE<
refers to the >THE BEST KNOWN EXAMPLE OF A MOUNTAIN<
which is >PROBABLY< the Kings mountain.

So these Rashis are >PROBABLE< in flavor. The reader should
carefully study them and see if they think they can find a
better example.


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


http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n14.htm


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EXAMPLES 13-14:
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  In the following verses >THE< refers to the best known
  example of a class
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EXAMPLE 13: Dt01-07e
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Dt01-07e >Come to the Emori...to THE mountain<
RASHI: >THE mountain< means the best known of mountains,
       that is, the Kings mountain, which he uses on his
       personal travels.




EXAMPLE 14: Dt02-17b
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Dt02-17b >...THE men of war<
RASHI: The phrase >THE men of war< refers to the men
       most fit for war. We know from other verses
       that military conscription applies to people
       above 20 (eg Ex30-14) Hence Rashi states that
       >THE men of war< refers to people above 20.

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