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VERSE: Lv23-42c

RULE: Rashi has 3 methods by which to explain FULL-DEFICIENT Biblical
spellings:

EXAMPLES:
(1) Deficient Spelling=Deficient Person-
        >"And Abraham paid EPHRN"--
        >EPHRN was a bad deficient person(because he lied to Abraham)

(2) Deficient spelling = Deficiency in Plurality--not ALL necessary;
        >"Write the Mezuzahs on your DORPOSTS"--
        >You don't need Mezuzahs on BOTH doorposts

(3) Deficient spelling indicates a pun *2
        >"This is My Name FOREVR"
        >FOREVR spelled deficiently looks like the Hebrew word HIDDEN
        >So the pun is "Gods full name should be HIDDEN(Not pronounced)"


NOTES
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About 2 dozen examples are brought in the main posting
illustrating the above 3 principles. They are compactly
presented in the attached list which however may
at times be a bit terse. See the main postings for
full explanations.


        --------------GRAND SUMMARY *1----------------


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  The following examples illustrate how DEFICIENT SPELLINGS
  refer to DEFICIENT BAD PEOPLE
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VERSE    WORD    METHOD    INTERPRETATION
======== ======  ========= ===========================
Gn23-16a EPHRON  Deficient Hollow deficient person *2
Gn25-24b TOMIM   Deficient Bad person(Esauv)
Gn38-27b TEOMIM  Full      Good Person(Tribe of Judah)
Lv26-42a YAKOOV  Full      Exile Includes Redemption*3
Dt01-13a VaSiMyM Deficient Judges responsible on errors
Nu15-02b CHATAS  Deficient Only place:1st OLAH,2nd CTH


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  The following examples illustrate how DEFICIENT SPELLINGS
  refer to DEFICIENCY IN PLURALITY---the deficient spelling
  indicates that not all cases are covered
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VERSE    WORD    METHOD    INTERPRETATION
======== ======  ========= ===========================
Dt06-09a MZUZOTH Plurality Only one mezuzah is needed
Dt09-10a LCHOTH  Plurality All 10 commandments on each
Ex31-05e LCOTH   Plurality All 10 commandments on each
Lv23-40c CPOTH   Plurality Only 1 Lulav is needed
Gn01-21a TANINIM Plurality Only male was created
Gn09-12a DOROTH  Plurality Not all generations need it
Gn01-28a KIVSHUA Plurality Only men need conquer




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  The following examples illustrate how DEFICIENT SPELLINGS
  indicate puns--that is the deficiently spelled word looks
  like another word and therefore the sentence is read as
  a double sentence
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VERSE    WORD    METHOD    INTERPRETATION
======== ======  ========= ===========================
Gn24-39a OLY     Pun       To me(Wanted for his daughter
Ex03-15a LOLAM   Pun       Conceal my name
Ex23-02c RV      Pun       Don't disagree with Rabbi
Gn08-21a MnuRaV  Pun       Mischief From infancy
Gn16-05b BNyIch  Pun       Mad at Hagar and Abraham
Nu07-19a HIKRV   Pun       God commanded order
Gn01-14b MOROTH  Pun       Curses created on Wednesday
Dt02-33a BNV     Pun'*4     Cut off his "sons & heirs"
Gn06-02b TOVOTH  Pun'      Fixed up & good looking
Nu22-05f MMLI    Pun'      camped "opposite & opposing"
Gn18-01c YOSHAV  Pun'      Sit up and down(in respect)
Gn19-01c YOSHAV  Pun'      Sat in nation;Sit on "bench"
Gn23-10a YSHV    Pun'      Sat in nation;Sat on "bench"


NOTES
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*1
   Column 1 = VERSE = Verse where Rashi occurs
   Column 2 = WORD  = which word is deficint
   COlumn 3 = Method= which of 4 methods used
   COlumn 4 = Interpretation resulting from method



*2 Gn23 lists EPHRONS name 8 times: This is the only time
   it is spelled deficiently. Ephron was deficient because
   he promised to give the field for nothing but in the
   end gave it for "full currency"

*3 Jacob = Exile (Jacob symbolizes exile)
   The FULLY spelled Jacob=FULL exile=including redemption
   See Gn49-01 for an explicit statement of this

   Rashi expresses this idea using a pun (Jacob "loaned"
   the "vav" from Elijah). However what we have presented
   here is the simple meaning of the text.

*4 By PUN' with a prime we mean that the puns meaning is
   woven with the regular meaning (So eg in the other
   examples the PUN sentence and ACTUAL sentence are
   separate as in
        >Don't settle a DISPUTE by giving in
        >Don't disagree with a Rabbi
   However in these examples the PUN sentence and original
   sentence become one as in
        >they are sitting opposite me
        >they are OPPOSING me
   In other words it really means
        >They are sitting opposite me in military formation



*5 Another application of this pun principle occurs in
Ex16-20c says "And those with left over manna saw that the manna
                RAISED WORMS and BECAME PUTRID"

PUTRID should be spelled with a KAMATZ, the punctuation used at
the end of complete thought. It is instead spelled with a PATACH
the punctuation used in the middle of a sentence.

So Rashi interprets this as a pun

    "The manna BECAME PUTRID, RAISED WORMS, and became MORE PUTRID"

In other words the extra putrification exposed those who left the
manna over since the odor was visible.





*6 Another example where deficient spelling is interpreted
as not including all cases is

Nu17-25a "..and place this stick symbol in the ark as a
        symbol so that their COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE
        SUPREMACY OF MOSAIC PROPHECY will stop"

Rashi explains that a fully spelled word COMPLAINTS would
indicate that all future complaints on any topic are being
stopped. However this stick symbol only addressed the
supremacy of mosaic prophecy. HENCE the word COMPLAINTS is
spelled DEFICIENTLY--it only refers to COMPLAINTS ABOUT
MOSAIC PROPHECY (This is all spelled out by Rashi)
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