The 6 usages of the word >THE<:#8 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 17-18:
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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 17: Dt12-09c
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Dt12-09c You havent come yet to THE (Special) REST
RASHI: >THE SPECIAL rest< refers to Shiloh *4





EXAMPLE 18: Dt12-09d
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Dt12-09d You havent come yet to THE (Special) Inheritance
RASHI: >THE SPECIAL inheritance< refers to Jerusalem *4




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*4 This is an interesting case: We can use the RASHI RULE
   of STRUCTURE: The whole chapter Dt12 and Dt13 are
   talking about the fact that when we will soon come
   to >THE PLACE< that God has chosen where we can offer
   sacrifices and eat to our hearts content; however
   we may not offer sacrifices anyplace but only in
   Jerusalem.

   Thus the context clearly identifies this place as
   JERUSALEM the home of the temple.

   This in turn is supportive to the interpretation
   of the verse >..you have not yet come to THE
   PEACE and the INHERITANCE..< as meaning that
   we have not yet come to the various places
   where the temple resided such as Jerusalem
   and Shiloh

   Notice how I interpret the ENTIRE PHRASE,
   >The PEACE and INHERITANCE< as referring to
   >JERUSALEM and SHILOH<. Rashi is not being
   specific--he is not eg identifying >THE PEACE<
   with either JERUSALEM or SHILOH and >THE
   INHERITANCE< with the other one. Rather
   Rashi is identifying the whole phrase
   >The peace AND the inheritance<
   with >all the places where the temple resided<

   This perception that Rashi deals with
   identifying phrases (vs words) is important in studying
   Rashi.


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