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VERSE: Gn03-05a

RASHIS COVERED: Gn03-05a Gn42-04a

====================== FAMOUS ADAGES ============================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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In about 400 verses the Bible uses the DO-NOT-DO-X-RATHER-DO-Y
construction (or NO-X-DO-Y). In a few of these verses we
have an interspersed citation:NO-X-(SINCE SO &SO THINKS)-RATHER-Y
Rashi interprets these CITATIONS as indicating KNOWN ADAGES
-- Gn42-04 He did NOT send Benjamin SINCE HE THOUGHT,
LEST an accident happen (Implying the adage that MISFORTUNE
WILL HAPPEN WHEN THERE IS DANGER).
-- Gn03-03:04 You will NOT die from eating forbidden fruit,
SINCE GOD KNOWS, RATHER you will become like GOD (Implying the
adage: All artisans (God) are jealous of fellow artisans(Man)

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:                    GRAMMAR
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:                 CONTRAST
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TODAYS RASHI RULE:                    ALIGNMENT
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:                 NUANCE
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Brief Explanation of Rashi Rule and Subrule
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One of Rashis main goals is to explain Grammar the same
way modern Hebrew dictionaries explain grammar. A powerful
method to infer new grammatical rules is to use the
ALIGNMENT method.

As an example the list below presents half a dozen examples
of SENTENCE CONTRAST. Each of the sentences in the list uses
the format NOT-X-RATHER-Y. However certain rare examples
intersperse this format with a CITATION: NOT-X-(SINCE WE THINK)
-RATHER-Y.

This alignment makes us aware of the Rarity of this added
citation and justifies inferring emphasis from it.

TODAYS LIST
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We present half a dozen examples of the NO-X-RATHER-Y
construction. In two of them we have an interspersed
citation which Rashi interprets as indicating a general
principle reflected by a well known adage.
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VERSE      DENIAL PHRASE          CITATION    RATHER Phrase
========== ====================== =========== ===================
Gn42-04a   He didNT send Benjamin (he said)   LEST an accident*2
Gn03-03:04 You will NOT die       (God Knows) RATHER youll live*2
Gn15-04    He woNT inherit you                RATHER your son
Gn18-15    He said NO                         RATHER you laughed
Gn32-27    I will NOT send you                UNLESS you bless me
Differ     *1                     *2          *1


NOTES
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*1 The grammatical structure is identical. It consists of
   the following grammatical form
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   Do NOT do X               (LEST|RATHER) do Y
   ----------------------------------------------------
   There are about 400 such phrases in the Bible

*2 Two of these NO-X-RATHER-Y have CITATIONS built into them
   The alignment suggests that these citations carry some
   type of emphasis In each case the Rashi understands
   this emphasis to be a more general principle

   -- The verse Gn42-04a
   -- Benjamin will NOT go LEST an accident occur---
   implies the adage that
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   SATAN(MISFORTUNE) HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS DANGER
   ----------------------------------------------

   -- The verse Gn03-03:04
   -- You will NOT die; RATHER you will become like god & live
   implies the adage
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   All artisans are jealous/hate fellow artisans
   (If you become like God, then God will be jealous of you*10
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*10 To summarize
    -- In the typical case we use the construction
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       NO X RATHER Y
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    -- But when we wish to emphasize a general principle
       governing the contrast of X and Y we use the construction
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       NO X, SINCE SO & SO THINKS, RATHER Y
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RASHI RULE USED: MULTIPLE-GRAMMAR
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