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VERSE: Gn34-12a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn34-12a Ex22-15b Ex22-16a
Gn34-12a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis goals is to explain meaning the same way
a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety of
vehicles to explain meaning--today we illustrate the method
of UNIFIED MEANING.

EXAMPLE Mem-Hey-Resh--Basic idea:QUICK-without HESITATION
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This Biblical root can mean
1) To HURRY (QUICK)
2) SKILLED professional--(works QUICKLY without hesitation)
3) FOOLISHLY (Done too QUICKLY)
4) To give a DOWRY (QUICKEN the marriage(remove hesitation)
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS UNIFIED MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST862L
List of meanings of Hebrew root Mem-Hey Resh(QUICKEN)
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RASHI RULE CLASS: OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST210z
List of verse pairs with 1 verse illuminating the other
LIST862L
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List of meanings of      Hebrew root Mem-Hey Resh(QUICKEN)
SOURCE: RADACK: Biblical Book of Roots
VERSE MEANING Text of verse with M-H-R translated in CAPS
Gn45-13 HURRY HURRY my father to come down here
------ --- ---------
Ps45-02 SKILLED A skilled (facile) scribe
Pr22-29 SKILLED A person skilled in his profession
------ --- ---------
Is32-04 FOOLISH The ears of FOOLS will acquire understanding
------ --- ---------
Ex22-15b DOWRY He shall DOWRY her into marriage
Ps16-04 DOWRY They multiply gODS;they DOWRY other religions
Gn34-12a DOWRY Require of me PRESENTS/DOWRY; I will give
Ex22-16a DOWRY The rapist shall pay the DOWRY of virgins
COMMENTS
 
*1 Obviously HURRY=TO QUICKEN

*2 A SKILLED person excels at doing things QUICKLY without
hesitation

*3 One type of FOOLISHNESS is doing things QUICKLY without
thinking

*4 The DOWRY removes hesitation and QUICKENS the marriage.
Note that Ex22-16a uses the OTHER VERSE technique since
Dt22-29 specifies that rapists must pay 50 Shekel to their
victims (i.e. The DOWRY of virgins is 50). See List210z
for the OTHER VERSE technique. See *10 *11 for further
details.
LONGER FOOTNOTES
 

*10 Rav Hirsch suggests that M-H-R comes from M-Ch-R (Price)
with the interchange of Chet and Hey. Thus Rav Hirsch
would see 3 of the 4 meanings of M-H-R as meaning QUICKLY
while DOWRY would be a separate meaning with a separate
derivation.

*11 Rashi specifically calls the M-H-R the MARRIAGE CONTRACT
The Ketuvah is a contract in which the husband promises
to pay his wife a certain sum in case of divorce.

According to some opinions the Ketuvah is Biblical in
force. According to other opinions the Ketuvah is
Rabbinic in force (an enactment to discourage divorce)

Rashi need not be taking sides here (though he may
be of the opinion that the Ketuvah is Biblical, as
he says). Rather Rashi is commenting on the double
phrase in Gn34-12 PRESENTS AND DOWRY. So Rashi
argues that DOWRY must be the LEGAL MARRAIGE COTNRACT
and therefore distinct from PRESENTS.

But from a purely literary point of view, the M-H-R
might be the established custom of DOWRY and still
be distinct from the marriage contract.
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