The 6 usages of the word >THE<:#7 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 interpretation.
REFERENCE:
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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 (Up next Sunday)
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EXAMPLES 15-16:
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In the following verses >THE< refers to the best known
example of a class. We therefore translate it these
verses as meaning >THE SPECIAL ...<
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EXAMPLE 15: Dt03-25b
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Dt03-25b THE (Special) Good Mountain
RASHI: The special mountain refers to Jerusalem
EXAMPLE 16: Dt03-25c
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Dt03-25c THE (Special) WHITE HOUSE
RASHI: The >Special white house< refers to
The Temple with its >WHITE< Priests*3
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*3 I couldnt resist this one! The word >LEBANON< comes from
the root >WHITE<. So the literal interpretation of
>THE LEBANON< is >THE SPECIAL WHITE ONE<.
The commentators say it refers to the TEMPLE which makes
our sins pure as WHITE. I would however more simply
said that it refers to the Temple because of all the
priests dressed in WHITE. I cant resist noting that
an apt expression for the Temple would therefore be
>THE WHITE HOUSE<. And like the American >WHITE HOUSE<
it would be a symbol of purity and innocence.(May we
speedily merit to see its purity and innocence)
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