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VERSE: Dt33-13b


RULE: Rashi held that the Hebrew letter MEM should be interpreted
as SOURCE when it occurs as the 1st letter in a 3 letter root.

EXAMPLES
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(1) M-A-N(Refusal)=Source(MEM) of    nothing(A-Y-N) *2

(2) M-A-R(ThornPain)= Its Source(MEM) is  plucking(A-R-H)

(3) M-G-D(SWEET)=Source(MEM) of Sweetness(G-D) *1 *2 *7(Rashi)

(4) M-D-N(Municipality)=Place(MEM) where Laws hold(D-Y-N)*3*7

(5) M-D-A(Why?)=Source(MEM) for Knowledge(Y-D-A)*7

(6) M-T-R(Dew)=Source(MEM) of Pussiness (T-R-H) *4 *7

(7) M-L-Ch(King)=Source(MEM) of a nations walkings (H-L-Ch) *5

(8) M-S-R(Turn over to)=Source(MEM) of Departing from (S-V-R)

(9) M-Tz-D-H (Cave(?))=Source(MEM) of Hunting (Tz-Y-D) *6

(10)M-Tz-R(Gates)=Source(MEM) of Bundling(Tz-R-R) *7

(11)M-R-D(Rebellion)=Source(MEM) of Downfall(R-D)

NOTES
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*1 Nu11-07 shows that GD was perceived as a sweet seed

*2 In some of these examples the M+ROOT and the ROOT
have the same meaning (in other words we have lost
knowledge of the nuances differentiating them).

Thus we could also say ARH=CURSE; MAR=SOURCE OF CURSES
and there would be no real difference between them.
However based on Rashi we would take MAR as the type of
pain you have when you pluck out a thorn (this would tie
in nicely with the skin disease, TZARATH).


*3 That is laws hold over the domain of the municipality
(Outside the municipality they do not hold)

*4 That is the dew creates the "pussy like" texture in the
morning

*5 This etymology, MLCh = MoLiCh (KING=The Walker) is due to
Rav Hirsch who sees the King as LEADING (=walking!!!) the
people and guiding them.

*6 That is the MTzuDaH is the source or hangout from which
you can hunt (it wouldn't exactly be a cave but rather an
ambush grounds)

*7 There is an element of poetic lisence in some of these
etymologies. For example THE MUNCIPALITY is not the SOURCE
of LAWS but the SOURCE/PLACE where LAWS hold; WHY is not the
SOURCE of KNOWLEDGE but the VEHICLE to get knowledge from
its source; DEW is not the SOURCE OF PUSSINESS but the SOURCE
of the PUSSY LIKE APPEARANCE in the morning; GATES create
borders and APPEAR to BUNDLE up the city. Similary MGD is not
a source of GD seeds but a source of things as sweet as GD
seeds.
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