SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain the
meaning of words the same way a dictionary
explains the meaning of words.

One vehicle of word meaning presented by Rashi
is the two letter root theory. As everyone
knows the Hebrew language is based on 3 letter
roots which are CONJUGATED in various ways.

For example the root Sh-M-R can mean,
I WATCHED (ShMaRTi), YOU WILL WATCH (TiShMoR)
etc based on conjugation.

In addition to the 3 letter theory Rashi believed
in the 2 Letter root theory--that is, 3 letter
roots govern GRAMMATICAL conjugation while
2 letter roots govern MEANING. Every 3 letter
root has a meaning that is determined by the
meanings of the 1 and 2 letter roots comprising
the root.

For example: The letter NUN denotes
- INTENSITY,
- ALOT, or
- CONSEQUENCE OF.
(The actual meaning of the Hebrew word NUN
means DESCENDANT so that DESCENDANT = CONSEQUENCE OF
sounds right. The lists below illustrates this.)

EXAMPLE
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- A-M-N, NURSING, is a CONSEQUENCE OF(Nun) MOTHERHOOD( A-M)
- G-R-N, the GRANARY, is LOTS OF(Nun) HARVESTED ITEMS(G-R)
- S-R-N, a GOVERNOR, is an INTENSE(Nun) example of LEADERSHIP(s-r)

EXAMPLE Lv01-02d Lv01-02e etc
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Both the Hebrew letter M and the Hebrew word MN both mean
FROM. MN would mean an INTENSE FROM. We would translate it
loosely as FROM SOME OF-- for example,
- FROM non-borderline cases
- FROM non-misfits

There are about 6 dozen occurrences of MN in Leviticus.
Curiously Rashi only comments on half a dozen.

EXAMPLE Lv01-14
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- BIBLE: If you offer FROM SOME OF the birds to God
- RASHI: But not from MISFIT birds ... for example, birds
that have torn limbs.

ROOTS illustrating       NUN=alot,intense,consequence