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HEBREW QUESTION KEYWORDS |
REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.com/h14n10.htm
This series will last 3-4 days.
RASHIS COVERED: Ex23-05a Gn50-19a Ki means PERHAPS
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Nu16-09:11 consists of 4 questions
-- Isnt it enough that you were chosen as Levites serving God?
-- You also seek PRIESTHOOD [?]
-- Therefore (because of lack of PRIESTHOOD) you fight God[?]
-- WHO is Aaron that you complain on him?
There are HEBREW QUESTION KEYWORDS showing that the first
and last sentences are questions. Rashis contribution is to
emphasize that the middle two sentences are also questions. They
are marked with brackets [?]. To understand Rashi we identify
5 HEBREW KEYWORDS that indicate a sentence is a QUESTION
TODAYS LIST
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The attached list completes what we have done in the past 2 days
A summary will be published tomorrow. This list shows verses
WHICH MIGHT APPEAR AS statements BUT ARE REALLY questions. THE
FOOTNOTES FURTHER CLARIFY
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| VERSE |
QUESTION KEYWORD |
TEXT OF VERSE WITH QUESTION |
| Nu16-11a |
ISNT IT ENOUGH*1 |
You want priesthood?This is the fight? |
| Gn30-15a |
ISNT IT ENOUGH*2 |
You take my mandrakes? |
| Ex08-22a |
BEHOLD..NOT*3 |
BEHOLD we offer lambs-wont they killus |
| Gn04-13a |
BEHOLD*4 |
My sin is to big to bear? |
| Gn11-06c |
BEHOLD..NOT*5 |
They wont build the tower? |
| Ex23-05a |
PERHAPS*6 |
Perhaps you see & dont help? |
| Gn50-19a |
PERHAPS*7 |
Perhaps you think I think I-am God |
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COMMENTS |
*1 ISNT IT ENOUGH YOU ARE LEVITES
You seek Priesthood also?
Therefore you are congregating on God?
WHAT has Aaron done that you should complain against him
*2 ISNT IT ENOUGH YOU TOOK MY HUSBAND?
You are going to take my sons mandrakes also?
*3 BEHOLD WE OFFER THE deity OF EGYPT--the LAMB--in Egypt?
They will not stone us?
*4 My sin is to big to bear?
BEHOLD YOU HAVE BANISHED ME..ANYONE FINDING ME WILL KILL ME
*5 BEHOLD THEY ARE ONE NATION & ARE BUILDING A TOWER (OF BABEL)
Nothing will stop them?
*6 PERHAPS YOU WILL SEE SOMEONES DONKEY OVERBURDENED...
and you wont help them?*10
*7 PERHAPS YOU THINK I THINK I AM GOD*10
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*10 Since the Hebrew word KI has 7 meanings we can inquire
if there is some way of recognizing when KI means PERHAPS
The answer seems to be that if the verse in question
-- has a contradiction
-- indicates a question
then the word KI should be interested as PERHAPS
Let us use this principle to examine the two verses
above.
Ex23-05 states
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KI you see the donkey of your enemy overburdened
and you will abstain from helping him
you should help him
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Notice the contradiction (DONT HELP vs HELP) this
suggests that the sentence is rhetorical
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WHEN you see an overburdened donkey YOU WONT HELP HIM?
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This in turn justifies interpreting KI as PERHAPS
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PERHAPS you see an overburdened donkey YOU WONT HELP HIM?
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The next verse is Gn50-19a. In addition to haveing the
Hebrew word KI it also has the hebrew letter HEY which
indicates a question. These TWO factors---KI + HEY--
justifies translating the KI as PERHAPS
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