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      2. RASHI METHOD: WORD MEANING
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The meaning of words can be explained either by
      • (2a) translating an idiom, a group of words whose collective meaning transcends the meaning of its individual component words,
      • (2b) explaining the nuances and commonality of synonyms-homographs,
      • (2c) describing the usages of connective words like also,because,if-then, when,
      • (2d) indicating how grammatical conjugation can change word meaning
      • (2e) changing word meaning using the figures of speech common to all languages such as irony and oxymorons.
      This examples applies to Rashis Nu018-27d
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n24.htm
      Brief Summary: The Hebrew YUD-KUPH-BETH, means WINEPRESS, comes from the Hebrew KUPH-BETH meaning HOLLOW.

When Rashi uses what we might loosely call the hononym method he shows the underlying unity in disparate meanings of the same root. Very often this unity clarifies further known meanings.

    The Hebrew root Kuph-Beth means hollow. This root can refer to
  • the belly (the hollow of the body)
  • a hole (in a wall)
  • a hammar (to make holes)
  • female gender
  • a measure of volume (equal to the volume of 24 eggs)
  • a wine press( cavity in the ground)

As can be seen all the meanings are simply connected with the fundamental idea of hollow, hole and cavity. 


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