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VERSE: Lv06-13a

=============== APPOSITION =============================

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TODAYS RULE:     GRAMMAR
TODAYS SUBRULE:  APPOSITION
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BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE RULE AND SUBRULE
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One of Rashis main tasks is to explain
grammar the same way beginning Hebrew grammar
books explain grammar.

One principle of grammar common to all
languages is a principle governing sentence
formation. This principle is called APPOSITION
It means that you can take any sentence and,
so to speak, thrown in at the end of the
sentence (or beginning) an extra phrase
which is equivalant to some phrase in the
sentence. These two phrases are then said
to be in APPOSITION  The example will clarify
this.

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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A good example is Is63-07. This verse
literally reads as follows
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The kindness of God I will remember
the praise of God
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Notice how the sentence appears confusing
and jumbled. This is characteristic of
apposition.

This sentence can best be interpreted
in two stages
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STAGE 1: I will remember the kindness of God
STAGE 2: Gods kindness is what he is praised for
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In other words there is really only one sentence
However a phrase is thrown in in apposition.
The phrase KINDNESS OF GOD is clarified by
the phrase in apposition: WHAT WE PRAISE GOD FOR

A nifty way to summarize this is to rewrite the
sentence
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I will remember the KINDNESS OF GOD for which
HE IS PRAISED
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Apposition, although confusing, is a powerful
technique that is used in poetry--it strongly
causes the listener to evoke associations(which
is one goal of poetry)

Todays example is presented in the list below
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VERSE    CAPPED WORDS IN VERSE are CAPPED
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Lv06-13a This INAUGURATION SACRIFICE-is also DAILY MNCH*1
Ex23-33a Dont intermarry lest you SIN--ie SERVE OTHER GODS
Isa63-7  I will remember GODS GRACE--ie HIS PRAISES
Ps147-9  God gives ANIMALS food-(even) to RAVENS that pray
Gn01-29a I God give to MAN plant food---& to the ANIMALS

NOTES
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*1 The full translation of this verse is as follows
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   Lv06-13
   This inauguration sacrifice of Aaron and his children
   -- a tenth of flour -- is in fact also the daily
   offering half of which is offered in the morning
   and half in the evening.....The annointed (ie High)
   priest of Aarons sons offers it
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMAR
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