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VERSE: Gn17-16b

========================== Gn17-16b =========================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main methods is the explanation of words
the same way the dictionary explains words. Rashi gave
special attention to connective words like BECAUSE, ALSO,
ON, etc.

Today we review the Hebrew word ALSO which is used in 3 ways

EXAMPLE Gn17-16b
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Gn17-16 states
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I will bless her and will ALSO give her a child
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Here the world ALSO refers to Sarah-s extraordinary NURSING
capacity which is mentioned in Gn21-27 (Sarah is now nursing
CHILDREN (the plural connotes that she was nursing more than
her son)).

NURSING is perceived as a DERIVED category from CHILD. Thus
here the word ALSO refers to a DERIVED item. Other such usages
of ALSO are presented in the list below.
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      SPECIAL WORDS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST005k
List of verses with      ALSO used in three ways
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========================= LIST005k ===============================
List of verses with      ALSO used in three ways*10
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VERSE    THEME           TEXT              ALSO
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Ex19-22a Extra Object    PRIESTS separate  FIRSTBORN separate*1
Ex12-31b Extra Object    YOU leave         ELDERS leave
Ex18-18b Extra Object    YOU will wither   ELDERS will wither
Dt26-13c Extra Object    Give MAASER       Give TERUMAH
Gn15-14a Extra Object    Egypt punished    4 Kingdoms punished*2
------   ---------       ------------      --------------
Gn17-16b Derived Object  Sarah has child   has nursing capacity*9
Dt22-22a Derived object  ADULTERERS die    FOETUS dies
Ex12-31c Derived object  JEWS will leave   INFANTS will leave
Ex06-04a Derived Object  VISION of God     TREATY of God
Dt12-31a Derived Object  Offer CHILDREN    Offer PARENTS
Gn42-22a Derived object  JOSEPH's blood    JACOB'S blood
Gn19-21a Derived object  Spare LOT         Spare his CITY
Dt23-19c Derived object  Hire of WHEAT     FLOUR also prohibited
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Ex06-04a Relational*3    Mshe/Abrm propht  Long term/not immediate
Ex06-05a Relational*3    Mshe/Abrm propht  Long term/not immediate
Gn07-03a Relational*4    7 Kosher;2 Traif  ditto animals/birds
Gn30-03b Relational*5    Hagar/Sarah bore  Bilhah/Rachel bore
Gn29-27c Relational*6    Marry Leah now    Marry Rachel now
Gn27-33d Relational*7    You are blessed   He is blessed anyway
Nu11-04b Relational*8    Complain / Cry    non-jews / Jews
Gn44-10a Relational      He dies/We slave  He slave/We free
Gn30-30b Relational      Amass food/wealth For Laban/Myself
Ex07-23a Relational      Hardened heart    Didn't pay attention
Nu22-19a Relational      Stay tonight/gone 1st group / 2nd group

NOTES
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*1 Here is the way to use this list. We use the first row

   Verse Column
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   First we look up the verse Ex19-22a AND ALSO THE PRIESTS
   WILL SEPARATE.

   Text Column
   -----------
   We see the text---- PRIESTS separate.

   Also Column
   -----------
   This column indicates that ALSO includes the FIRSTBORN
   (who functioned as priests).

   So the verse is read as follows
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   God told Moses: The Priests ALSO (besides the firstborn)
   will separate
   --------------------------------------------

   In other words the word ALSO is interpreted to include
   the FIRSTBORN besides the PRIEST. The FIRSTBORN are
   EXTRA to the priest.

   To make this easier to see I have CAPPED both FIRSTBORN
   and PRIESTS.

*2 So here without the word ALSO I would say that God punishes
   nations which subjugate us. With the word ALSO I say that God
   both punishes the nation AND with 10 plagues AND with letting
   the Jews out with wealth.

*3 God criticized Moses for wanting an IMMEDIATE fulfillment
   of the prophecy that the Jews will be redeemed. God said
   I ALSO gave prophecies to the Patriarchs (And they did
   not demand immediate fulfillment)

*4 7:2--7 Kosher animals vs 2 non-kosher animals--
   is only mentioned by the ANIMALS. The word ALSO
   implies the 7:2 ratio was preserved by the birds ALSO.

*5 Just as when Sarah couldn't have children she gave her
   husband(Abraham) her maid (Hagar) so too when Rachel
   could have children she gave her husband her maid

*6 Laban had tricked Jacob into marrying Leah vs. Rachel.

*7 Jacob had tricked Isaac into blessing him. Isaac says
   he is ALSO blessed. In other words, EVEN if he hadnt
   tricked me he would still be blessed.

*8 The Non-jews complained about the lack of food in
   the desert. The verse continues THEY RETURNED AND
   COMPLAINED, ALSO THE JEWS. The word ALSO connotes
   that the Jews complained with the same cynicism
   as the non-jews.

*9 Gn21-27 confirms this since it states
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   Who would have expected Sarah to NURSE CHILDREN
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   The plural CHILDREN connotes that Sarah nursed
   the children of several women at the birthday
   party.

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*10 The three methods are
    - ALSO connotes an EXTRA extraneous object
    - ALSO connotes a DERIVED object
    - ALSO connotes a SIMILAR RELATIONSHIP or method

    See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/dt23-19c.htm
    for a previous presentation of this list
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