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VERSE: Dt17-11a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt17-11a Gn13-09a

=========================== Dt17-11a ===============

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain meaning, the
same way the dictionary explains meaning. A key
method of explaining meaning is to review lists of
verses using an unknown Biblical word. The meaning
can then be inferred from context along with its
nuances

EXAMPLE- LEFT AND RIGHT
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Rashi explains the nuances of LEFT and RIGHT
in several comments. The basic idea is ANY LITTLE
NEARBY THING. Hence we have the following usages
- dont deviate AT ALL (to any NEARBY INTERPRETATION)
- nation expands out to NEARBY desolate places
The lists below clarify further.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST854c
List of verses with      phrase LEFT and RIGHT
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================== LIST854c =====================================

The phrase LEFT AND RIGHT means ANY LITTLE
NEARBY BIT and can refer either
-negatively - nothing at all
-positively - spreading out nearby
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VERSE      TEXT OF VERSE(Meaning of LEFT/RIGHT capped)
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Dt05-29:30 Watch laws;Dont deviate A LITTLE;walk in WHOLE path*1
Dt17-11a   No haugtiness; observe law; dont deviate even a LITTLE
2C34-02    He walked in path of King David;didnt deviate A LITTLE
Pr04-24:27 remove crookedness;go straight;dont deviate A LITTLE*2
Jo01-07:08 Strengthen;Dont deviate A LITTLE;Murmur Torah always*3
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Gn13-09    If you go on right/left I will go NEARBY*4
Is54-01:03 More children;Wider tents;Spreadout NEARBY*5

NOTES
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*1 The rest of verse is consistent with this emphasis of
   DEVIATION EVEN A LITTLE (eg walk in WHOLE PATH)*10

*2 The rest of verses are consistent with this emphasis
   of DEVIATION EVEN A LITTLE (eg remove CROOKEDNESS;
   go STRAIGHT)

*3 The rest of verses are consistent with this emphasis
   of DEVIATING EVEN A LITTLE (eg STRENGTHEN, MURMUR ALWAYS
   IN WORDS OF TORAH)

*4 These two verses illustrate nuance of EXPANSION*11

*5 These two verses illustrate nuance of EXPANSION in
   NEARBY communities (more CHILDREN, WIDER TENTS,...)

------------------ LONGER FOOTNOTES -------------------------

*10 Rashi-s actual language is
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    Obey the law even if it calls LEFT, RIGHT
    -------------------------------------

    Such an interpretation however is simply a clever
    pun.

    AS THE OTHER VERSES IN THIS LIST SHOW THE REAL
    MEANING OF THE PHRASE left and right IS A LITTLE
    BIT and this is consistent with Rashis other comments

*11
   (Rashi points out that this interpretation of nearby
   is consistent with the fact that Abraham came to
   Lots help when he needed it (Gn14))
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