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AYIM refers to PAIRS |
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis tasks is to explain Grammar the same way modern
Grammar textbooks explain grammar. Grammar deals with a variety
of issues including a) verb conjugation, b) sentence structure,
c) plurality, d) special word forms. In this posting Rashi
explains that the AYIM ending refers to objects that
intrinsically come in pairs: Such as
- hands (YaDAYIM) - Feet (RagLAYIM) -Hands (CapAYIM)
- Eyes (AyNAYIM) - Breasts (ShadAYIM) -
We can infer new meanings such as NAHARAYIM (A city between 2
rivers) or SHAMAYIM=a place of multiple THERE(see footnote *10)
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TODAYS RASHI RULE GRAMMARr
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE SPECIAL ENDINGS
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RASHI RULE AND SUBRULE
One of Rashis tasks is to explain Grammar the same way modern
Grammar textbooks explain grammar. Grammar deals with a variety
of issues including a) verb conjugation, b) sentence structure,
c) plurality, d) special word forms. In this posting Rashi
explains that the AYIM ending refers to objects that
intrinsically come in pairs: Such as YADAYIM = hands
STANDARD REFERENCE FOR TODAYS RULE
The RashiYomi grammar page: http://www.Rashiyomi.com/grammar.htm
TODAYS LIST
We review several examples of Hebrew words for items that are
intrinsically paired (like hands). We then (in the lower half
of the list) review new meanings based on this concept of
pairing. Today we explain two difficult Rashis on APAYIM
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| VERSE |
WORD |
MEANING |
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YadAYIM |
Hands |
| -------- |
raglAYIM |
Feet |
| -------- |
capAYIM |
Hands |
| -------- |
shadAYIM |
Breasts |
| -------- |
AynAYIM |
Eyes |
| -------- |
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| Gn28-10c |
NAHARAYIM |
A city between a PAIR of RIVERS |
| Gn42-06c |
APAYIM*10 |
BOWING (both NOSTRILS touch ground evenly)*1 |
| Gn01-08a |
SHAMAYIM |
HEAVEN-A Place of MULTIPLE THERE*2 |
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COMMENTS |
------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES --------------
*10 Rashi on Nu14-18a SEEMS to explain that
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The phrase LONG SUFFERING (APAYIM) refers to a pair
- God is long suffering to the righteous
- God is long suffering to the wicked
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However APAYIM refers to the two nostrils. We therefore
think that the Rashi in Nu14-18a was NOT derived from
the AYIM ending but rather is linked to the Rashi on
Ex34-06a
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Why does the Biblical text use a repeated word GOD
in the verse Ex34-06
--- GOD GOD A MERCIFUL AND GRACE BEARING GOD?
Because as we have explained in our series on
repeated words (See http://www.RashiYomi.com/doubl-14.htm)
REPEATED WORDS can broaden meaning.
- God is not only Kind to RIGHTEOUS people who sin
- God is also kind to WICKED people who sin
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In other words the Rashi statement that God is merciful
to both the wicked and righteous is
- NOT derived from the AYIM ending which denotes pairs
- BUT RATHER IS derived from the REPEATED word GOD GOD
found in the sister verse Ex34-06 (from which Moses
cited in Nu14-18)
This seems to be the simplest method of understanding
this Rashi.
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