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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 Dt15-20a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n8.htm
      Brief Summary: CHETH-RESH-MEM means NET.a) To NET TO means to DEDICATE; b) To NET IT means to CONQUER; c) TO BE NETTED means to DIE.

We should emphasize that the great 19th century commentator, Malbim, introduced the powerful grammatical observation that the same root can change meaning solely based on the prepositional connectives used with it. From time to time we present intriguing examples illustrating this rule.

    The Hebrew root, Cheth-Resh-Mem has a fundamental meaning of net. Depending on the grammatical conjugation and prepositional connectives this root can mean
    • To Net: to conquer;
    • To Net for: to dedicate;
    • To be Netted: to be destroyed, killed.
    In other words, this root, in the active, with preposition for, and in the passive means to conquer, to dedicate, or to die respectively. The point to emphasize here is that although the word net has multiple connotations, the different connotations are actualized thru use of different conjugations and/or different prepositional connectives.

    We can illustrate these different usages with the following translations:
  • Lv27-29 Nothing dedicated from that which is ordered to be killed shall be redeemed; but rather shall be put to death. 


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