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      7. RASHI METHOD: FORMATTING
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Inferences from Biblical formatting: --bold,italics, and paragraph structure.
      • Use of repetition to indicate formatting effects: bold,italics,...;
      • use of repeated keywords to indicate a bullet effect;
      • rules governing use and interpretation of climactic sequence;
      • rules governing paragraph development and discourse
      This example applies to Rashis Ex04-09b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1322.htm
      Brief Summary: AND THEY WILL BE: The water you take from the River AND THEY WILL BE: turned to blood upon arrival/spilled on land

We have explained in our article Biblical Formatting located on the world wide web at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/biblicalformatting.pdf, that the Biblical Author indicated bullets by using repeating keywords.

That is, if a modern author wanted to get a point across using bullets - a list of similar but contrastive items - then the Biblical Author would use repeating keywords. Today's verse illustrates this principle.

Bullets whether indicated through modern notation or through the Biblical method of repeating keywords always indicate contrastive emphasis - that is, each bullet is presumed to be a distinct item contrasted to the other items on the list. Very often the bullets are also used to indicate that the entire list is exhaustive of some spectrum.

    Verse(s) Ex04-09b discussing the miracle of turning water to blood states And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land;
    • and it shall be The water which thou takest out of the river [Rashi: It shall still be water]
    • and it shall be it shall become blood upon [reaching] the dry land.
    The repeated underlined phrase and it shall be creates a bullet effect. The bullet effect in turn creates an emphasis on the distinctness of all enumerated items. Rashi interprets the distinctness as indicated in the bracketed items in the above list. That is The water remained water while in Moses' hand; and only upon arrival on land when spilled did it turn to blood. This of course magnifies the miracle. It was not Moses' hand causing the water to turn to blood. 


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