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VERSE: Lv17-03a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv17-03a Lv17-03b Lv17-16a
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain Grammar the same way modern Grammar books do. Grammar deals with many topics In this posting we deal with the grammatical rules governing sentences. Most Biblical verses are complete sentences. However in certain rare cases TWO Verses form ONE sentence. A list of examples is provided below EXAMPLES Lv17-16a ----------------- Lv17-16 and Lv17-17 neatly form a single sentence with compound if clauses. ------------------------------------------------------------- IF you eat a carcass THEN '''''''''''''''''''''''' if you immerse THEN you-re pure '''''''''''''''''''''''' if you dont THEN you-re impure ------------------------------------------------------------- Rashi suggests reading this as a multi-verse sentence. That is it reads as follows ------------------------------------------------------------- IF you eat a carcass THEN if you immerse THEN you-re pure IF you eat a carcass THEN if you dont THEN you-re impure ------------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE Lv17-03:05 ------------------ These 3 verses form one unit. From the alignment of the subparts we infer various nuances of meaning. For example the first 2 verses state -- a person who slaughters ... -- and doesn-t bring to temple for an offering Hence Rashi states that -------------------------------------------- We speak about slaughtering for an offering -------------------------------------------- Rashi infers this from the multi-verse sentence For further examples of multi-verse sentences see http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn46-31a.htm We will eventually convert this entire posting to list form | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | GRAMMAR | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | MULTI-VERSE SENTENCES | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #9 | |
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| SEE BELOW | LIST070a | |
| List of clauses in | Lv17-16:17 | |
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| SEE BELOW | LIST070b | |
| List of clauses in | Lv17-03:05 | |
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||||||
The multi-verse sentence Lv17-03:05. Footnotes clarify the nuances learned from the alignment. | ||||||
| VERSE | IF-THEN | ACTION | PLACE | PURPOSE | PUNISHMENT | |
| Lv17-03 | IF a Jew | slaughters | in the camp | |||
| Lv17-04 | and doesnt bring | to Temple | to offer | |||
| Lv17-04 | THEN he is | cutoff | ||||
| Lv17-05 | Law goal: | Bring to Temple | field | offerings | ||
| Differs | *1 | *2 | ||||
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*1 Notice the contrast of CAMP, TEMPLE, FIELD Rashi exlains (Lv17-03a) that - TEMPLE refers to the actual inner sanctuary - CAMP refers to OUTSIDE the temple - FIELD would refer to OUTSIDE the camp *2 From the multi-verse structure Rashi explains that we are talking about SLAUGHTERING FOR PURPOSE OF BRINGING AN OFFERING. The technical law used here is the Rabbi Ishmael CONTEXT rule | ||||||
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The clauses in Lv17-16:17 form a nested IF-THEN structure. Computer programmers in any language will immediately recognize the nested structure. Rashis point is that the FIRST IF CLAUSE carries over to BOTH SECOND CLAUSES. -- If you eat a carcass and DO immerse and wait till eve--then pure -- If you eat a carcass and DONT immerese-------then you are impure This is also an example of the export import law of logic which states that the sentence structure ----- IF A THEN IF B THEN X means the same thing as ----- IF A and B THEN X In other words the DOUBLE IF becomes a CONJUNCTION(AND) | |||
| FIRST IF CLAUSE | SECOND IF CLAUSE | THEN CLAUSE | |
| IF a person eats a carcass | |||
| IF He immerses & impure to Eve | |||
| he is pure | |||
| ELSEIF He doesnt immerse | he bears sin | ||