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RASHIS COVERED: Dt01-12a Dt01-12b Dt01-12c VERY BRIEF SUMMARY - Dt01-12 Moses states: How can I bear your - BURDEN, BEARINGS and FIGHTS There is no traditional way to uncover the meaning of the Hebrew roots used in Dt01-12 For example the Hebrew root Tet-Resh-Caph (BURDEN) only occurs 2 other times in the Bible. Instead of using other verse references, Rashi infers meaning based on his GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF ATTRIBUTES of LAWSUITS. Rashi, based on his knowledge of lawsuits identifies 3 areas of burden: a) to many witnesses; b) To many counterarguments; c) To many lawsuits TODAYS RASHI RULE: EXAMPLE8 TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: INFERRING MEANING-BY EXPERTISE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE There are many ways to find out the meaning of a word - The simplest way is to LOOK IT UP IN A DICTIONARY This works with KNOWN words - If the word is not standard, still, there may be many verses with similar usages. Hence we can infer meaning FROM SIMILAR VERSES - If there is no dictionary lookup and no verse lookups we might infer meaning BY OUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF AN AREA OF KNOWlEDGE. STANDARD EXAMPLE Dt20-03 states that in a war we should - not be SOFT-HEARTED - not be AFRAID - not be ANXIOUS - not be STUNNEd There is no basis- in the dictionary or verses to relate these items to more specific nuances. Rashi simply lists the 4 components of war - FEAR OF TRANSPORTATION SUPERIORITY - FEAR OF COMMUNICATION SUPERIORITY - FEAR OF SUPERIOR MORALE - FEAR OF SUPERIOR RESOURCES The only way to justify this Rashi is to connect the 4 words used with the 4 known aspects of war. Thus this is inference based on EXPERTISE. STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE http://www.Rashiyomi.com/example8.htm TODAYS EXAMPLE Here are the 3 words in Dt01-12 meaning BURDENSOME Rashi identifies the specific nuances of these words, not thru other verses or the dictionary, but rather thru his knowledge of court cases. | ||
| ROOT | IDEA | EXAMPLES IN RASHI |
| T-R-Ch | Multiple proofs | Many witnesses for new points*1 |
| M-S-Ah | Multiple interpretations | See things differently*2 |
| R-Y-V | Litigous | Seek many court cases*3 |
| COMMENTS | ||
*1 Remarkably the root Tet-Resh-Caph only occurs 3 times in the bible VERSE MEANING OF VERSE ------- --------------------------------------------- Jb37-11 Thru saturation He BURDENS the cloud Is01-14 Your holidays are a BURDEN for me Dt01-12 How can I bear your BURDENS Thus it is clear that the technique of REVIEWING SIMILAR verses does not shed light on the meaning of Tet-Resh-Caph *2 Rashi gives the following example -If they saw Moses leave his house early they argued -that he was having marital problems. -If they saw Moses leave his house late they argued -he was plotting against people -But we neednt be so cynical. Simply--the whole idea of a law suit is that 2 people interpret the same action differently. Thus I might claim you owe me money because of a loan and you might counter that you perceived the loan as a payoff of a previous debt and not a new loan. For a verse with connections between the roots Nun-Shin-Aleph and R-Y-V see Gn13-06 but again this does not shed light on the meaning of the root *3 The traditional meaning of R-Y-V is a lawsuit--for example Dt25-01 -When two people have a R-Y-V(Dispute) and they -approach the court for a resolution and the | ||