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Dt33-28 ISOLATED but SECURE



RASHIS COVERED: Dt33-28a Jews will be ISOLATED but SECURE
Dt33-28b Dt33-28c Dt33-28d

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY

By using ALIGNMENT Rashi infers meaning of the 4 poetic
phrases in Dt33-28. Here is Rashis take on the verse
- The JEWS are isolated (philosophically) but secure(physically)
- ------ like the journeys of JACOB (who was isolated/secure)
- to a land of oil & wheat (Isaacs blessing)
- His heavens are torrented with dew (like ISAACS blessings )
Thus the 4 verse phrases are all saying the same thing:
- The Jews will merit the blessings of their ancestors,
Jacob and Isaac, to live by their beliefs in solitude but
yet have a secure & satisfying land.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:       ALIGNMENT
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:    MEANING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE

Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse.
There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words
used may all be normal.

But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that
is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant
differences.

The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED
DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize
certain nuances.

Perhaps the most obvious way of explaining these alignment
differences is to assume that we are dealing with 2 WORDS
FOR THE SAME ITEM. This example is particularly potent in
poetry as the example today show

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE

http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm
The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01.


TODAYS LIST

We align the 4 verse phrases. We should make it clear
that Rashis contribution here is to USE THE ALIGNMENT
TO INFER MEANING.

We present 2 lists. In the First list below today we
seek the unifying theme from the OBVIOUS phrases in
the verse. In the 2nd list we give the details.
PHRASE IS ANYTHING CLEAR HERE?
Jews dwelled isolated secure NO
The eye*1 of Jacob YES--reference to Jacob
on*3 a land of oil and wheat YES--clear reference to Isaac*2
Even their heavens torrent*4 dew YES--clear reference to Isaac*2
COMMENTS
*1 Tomorrow we will more accurately translate Ayin-Yud-Nun
   which we have translated as EYE today


*2  The references to WHEAT OIL & DEW clearly echo
    the blessing of the Patriarch Isaac

    -Gn27-28 May God Give you from the DEW OF HEAVEN
    -        and from the fatness of the earth
    -        a MULTITUDE OF WHEAT & OIL

    The astute reader will probably claim
   - The phrases OIL WHEAT & DEW
   - occur frequently Do you have no right
   - to pick JUST ONE VERSE and use it for interpretation

   To answer we do a simple search on
   the words DEW WHEAT & OIL

   Amazingly the word DEW only occurs 10 times in
   the whole Bible & the phrase WHEAT & OIL only occur
   8 times.

   So indeed the only verse which mentions  BOTH
   DEW, WHEAT & OIL would be Isaacs blessings

   Indeed Rashi-is-Simple and is King of Databases
   -Praised be Him who chose them and their learning-

*3 EL can mean TO and ON

*4 ARF can mean NECK, TO NECK (SLAUGHTER by cutting at
   neck) or to a BIG DOWNPOUR (Like the blood coming
   from a cut neck) See
   http://www.RashiYomi.com/dt32-02b.htm.
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