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VERSE: Gn39-17a

RASHIS COVERED: Gn39-17a Gn02-19b Gn14-15a Ex02-05a
                Dt04-38a Nu19-07b Gn39-17a

==================== Gn39-17a =======================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks is to explain
Grammar the same way modern Hebrew books
explain grammar.  We call this the Rashi rule
of GRAMMAR.

Certain parts of grammar deal with INDIVIDUAL
words--for example the rules of VERB CONJUGATIONS
or PLURALITY based on GENDER. Other rules of
Grammar deal with groups of words or even the
whole sentence.

Today we study cases where a sentence is better
understood thru a rearrangement of the word
order. We call this the RASHI SUBRULE of
REARRANGEMENTS.

EXAMPLE Gn39-17a
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The Biblical text at Gn39-17a states
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The slave who you brought
to play with me
CAME TO ME
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Rashi comments
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The verse should be read
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
The slave who you brought
CAME TO ME
to play with me
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
--------------------------------------

Here Rashi uses the rule of REARRANGEMENT
There is also some adult humor here..It
is almost as if she says to her husband
--you knew what he is like...did you
--plan this so you could avenge me and
--show how masculine you are.

Rashi in other contexts also portrays
Potifars wife as a shrew who knew how
to tease.

LIST076a below gives other Rashis whose
principle is REARRANGEMENT
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     REARRANGEMENT
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST076a
List of verses with      Use of REARRANGEMENT
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==================== LIST076a =============================================
List of verses with      Use of REARRANGEMENT
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## VERSE    Biblical text and suggested rearrangement by Rashi
== ======== ===============================================================
01 Gn02-19b ALL that Adam named WILD BEASTS that was their name
01 RASHI:   ALL WILD BEASTS-that Adam named,that was their name
-  -----    ---------------------------------------------------
02 Gn14-15a HE split on them-HE & HIS SERVANTS-& they conquered them
02 RASHI:   HE-HE & HIS SERVANTS-split on them & they conquered them
-  -----    ---------------------------------------------------
03 Ex02-05a And Pharoh's daughter went DOWN to bathe ON THE NILE*1
03 RASHI:   And Pharoh's daughter went DOWN ON THE NILE to bathe*1
-  -----    ---------------------------------------------------
04 Nu19-07b HE'll wash his clothes & then be pure; HE IS IMPURE TILL EVE
04 RASHI:   HE'll wash his clothes-HE IS IMPURE TILL EVE-& then he is pure
-  -----    ---------------------------------------------------
05 Dt04-38a To CONQUER nations stronger than you FROM BEFORE YOU
05 RASHI:   To CONQUER FROM BEFORE YOU nations stronger than you
-  -----    ---------------------------------------------------
06 Gn39-17a The slave, who you brought to us TO PLAY WITH ME, came to me
06 RASHI:*2 The slave, who you brought to us, came to me TO PLAY WITH ME

NOTES
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*1 Some adult humor: Amusingly---she did not openly
   bathe in the Nile---rather she
   bathed in a bath house that was located
   near the Nile- This is made clearer by the rearrangement


*2 Some adult humor here The wife in effect teased her husband
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   The slave YOU BROUGHT TO PLAY WITH ME (did) come to me
   ------------------------------------------------------

   Her delerately ambiguous language was designed to provoke
   her husbands anger. She in effect said
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   You knew his obsession with his appearance. You gave him
   power. You must have expected this to happen
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