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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 Lv25-06d
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1217.htm
      Brief Summary: The land sabbatical is a) FOR you, b) FOR your slaves, c) FOR your (even non jewish) WORKERS, d) FOR wildlife.

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) Lv25-06d discussing the land sabbatical states And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food
    • for you
    • for your male slave
    • for your female slave
    • for your worker [even non-jewish]
    • for your national residents living with you [even non-jewish]
    • for your animal
    • And for wild beasts in your land.
    The repeated underlined phrase for creates a bullet effect. The bullet effect in turn creates an emphasis on the distinctness of all enumerated items. Rashi interprets the distinctness as follows Workers / residents include non-jewish workers residents. We have embedded this Rashi comment in the above translation. It is easy to see how Rashi inferred this emphasis The initial bullets include you and your slaves. Consequently subsequent bullets must include non-Jews. Here the bullet structure with its implied emphasis on distinctness of bullets is the driving force behind Rashi.


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