>AND< can mean >LEST<:#1 of 4
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RULE:
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The Hebrew letter >VAV< usually means >AND< when
prefixed to a word. However it can also mean
>OR< and in general it can refer to >ANY
BOOLEAN LOGICAL CONNECTIVE<.


We present examples below where >VAV< followed by >NO<
(that is, >AND NOT< ) means >LEST< or
>OTHERWISE<. Another way of perceiving this rule is
that >VAV NOT< should be translated as >IF NOT< (ie
OTHERWISE).



A SIMPLE EXAMPLE
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Dt18-10
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         Please dont let us see Gods Great Fire
         Visions anymore, >LEST< we die
        -----------------------------------------
The verse had literally said

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        Please dont let us see Gods Great Fire visions
        anymore >AND< we will NOT die
        ----------------------------------------------

The translation >LEST< we die, is punchier and
captures nuances better the standard translation
of >AND< we will not die.


TODAYS UNIT
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In the first 3 units of these module we bring about 9 Rashis
where >AND NOT< is translated as >LEST NOT<


REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following digest in the
Rashi-is-Simple series

For the original source of this grand summary see

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n9.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/lv21-15a.htm

Todays posting is cited almost verbatim from the original



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EXAMPLES 1-3
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  In the following verses >AND NOT< is better translated
  as >LEST<. Footnotes provide more details
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE-->AND NOT< is translated as >LEST<
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Ex28-35a Wear the bell-robe---let it ring--- >LEST< he die*1
Ex30-20a On coming to the Temple they will wash-- >LEST< they die
Lv08-35a Sit & Watch by the Temple tent 7 days --- >LEST< you die


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*1 This verse occurs at the end of several paragraph dealing with
   the priestly garments. This particular paragraph deals with
   the sky blue bell-robe. The verse says >Aaron shall wear the
   bell robe so that he will be heard when he enters to serve
   God as OTHERWISE he will die<

   Rashi then generalizes this verse to refer to all the other
   priestly garments. >If Aaron wasnt wearing any of them
   he would incur a death penalty at the hands of heaven<

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