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      3. RASHI METHOD: GRAMMAR
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: Rashi explains verses using grammar principles, that is, rules which relate reproducable word form to word meaning. Grammatical rules neatly fall into 3 categories
      • (a) the rules governing conjugation of individual words,Biblical roots,
      • (b) the rules governing collections of words,clauses, sentences
      • (c) miscellaneous grammatical, or form-meaning, rules.
      This examples applies to Rashis Ex36-07b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w13n11.htm
      Brief Summary: The craftmanship was sufficient to craft the temple and TO HAVE LEFTOVER

Most people are aware that Hebrew verbs come from three-letter roots. Each root is conjugated in the 7 dimensions of person, gender,plurality, tense, activity, modality, and direct-object. For example the root Shin Mem Resh means to watch. The conjugations Shin-Mem-Resh-Tauv-Yud and Nun-Shin-Mem-Resh-Nun-Vav mean I watched and we were watched respectively.

The rules for Hebrew grammar are carefully described in many modern books and are well known. Rashi will sometimes comment when a verse is using a rare conjugation of an odd grammatical form.

When presenting grammatical Rashis my favorite reference is the appendix in volume 5 of the Ibn Shoshan dictionary. This very short appendix lists most conjugations.

Verse Ex36-07b discussing the craftsmanship donations for the temple states For the craftsmanship they had was sufficient for construction of all the temple crafting, and to leave over. Rashi comments on the Hebrew word Vav Hey Vav Tauv Resh corresponding to the underlined word to leave over: The Biblical root Yud-Tauv-Resh means extra. The causative infinitive form of this verb changes the Yud to a Vav and adds a Hey to indicate the causative: Hey-Vav-Tauv-Resh. Hence the translation of the causative infinitive to leave over.

The reader can confirm this in Table 5 of the Ibn Shoshan dictionary which discusses the Yud-2-3 root form.


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