LIST005f
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04
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List of verses with the word THIS(referent,pointer)
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VERSE
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VERSE TEXT w THIS
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How THIS indicates POINTING
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Ex15-02d
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This is my God
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They pointed heavenward to God
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Ex04-02a
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whats this in hand
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what is in your hand*1
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Ex14-20d
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this and this didnt
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the two armies didnt get near
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Ex32-01c
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This Moses is gone
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Satan showed image of Moses
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Lv11-02d
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These are Kosher
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God showed him animal pictures
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Nu08-04a
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This is the make
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God showed him a Candellabrah
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Ex30-13a
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This should be Tax
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God showed him a Half Dollar
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Dt22-14b
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THIS WOMAN did..
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WOMAN is there and pointed to*6
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Ex12-42b
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THIS night is Gods
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Referent to Abes DARKNESS vision*2
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Nu14-22b
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tested me THIS 10
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Reference to 10 complaints*3
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Nu30-02b
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THIS God says
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THIS language must be used*4
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Gn25-22c
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WHY THIS ME
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Refers to her current activities*5
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COMMENTS
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*1 Rashi also makes comments on the deliberate
misspelling of this word. MISSPELLING is a Biblical
technique. The technical name is METAPLASMUS. Examples
may be found in LIST080a which includes Ex04-02a
*2 Gn15-12:14 ....As the sun set a coma fell on Abraham and
all of a sudden a fear, great darkness, fell on him
and God said...Surely know that your descendants will
be foreigners in a land that doesnt belong to them---
and they will be enslaved -- and they will torture
them 400 years--and also the nation they serve I
will judge and then they will leave with a big reward
Thus THIS night of redemption refers to the redemption
mentioned in the above prophecy (Perhaps there is
also a pun on the darkness)
*3 See LIST210c below
*4 In other words the word THIS makes the contents of the
chapter SPECIFIC and FOCUSED...the exact language
in the chapter must be used in freeing people from
vows (Normally Biblical language are generalized)
For further details see footnote *10
*5 Thus Rivkah had been praying for children....yet
when she experienced the infants fighting each other
in the womb she asked WHY AM I THIS (That is WHY AM
I PRAYING FOR CHILDREN if I go thru this) and the
answer came back that they would be great nations.
*6 Rashi infers from this that in a court case both litigants
must be present when allegations are stated.
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10
Rashi also makes another point: Moses used the
language THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID while other
prophets used the language THUS SAID GOD (THIS
is more specific than THUS).
For a database layout of introductory prophetic phrases
used by MOSES vs OTHER PROPHETS see LIST605f & LIST605g
It is clear from this list that this rule is only approximate
and not absolute. Hence we believe that Rashi rejected
this explanation.
In general we believe that Rashis 1st explanation (when
there are 2 explanations) can be refuted and should not
be accepted
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