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VERSE: Lv25-42b

RASHIS COVERED: Lv25-42b Lv25-39a

======================= ADVERB vs CONSTRUCT =====================

BACKGROUND
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Let us review some technical GRAMMATICAL terms:
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TERM------- EXAMPLE-------------- USAGE/MEANING
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ADJECTIVE - the AMERICAN flag --- tells a PROPERTY of OBJECTS
ADVERB ---- GREAT American flg  - tells a PROPERTY of ADJECTIVES
CONSTRUCT-- the flag OF AMERICA - indicates OWNERSHIP
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THE RASHI
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The CONSTRUCT and ADJECTIVAL form are similar and
interchange. Using the example above, we see that the phrase
AMERICAN FLAG indicates the colors and forms of the flag while
THE FLAG OF AMERICA technically indicates a flag owned by the US

In this case there is no one flag owned by the US and hence we
interpret THE FLAG OF AMERICA to mean an AMERICAN TYPE FLAG.
In other words we interpret the CONSTRUCT as an ADJECTIVE.

THE TEXT
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TEXT: Lv25-39a Dont give your slave the work OF SLAVES
RASHI: Reinterpret the CONSTRUCT as an ADJECTIVE
TEXT: (Reinterpreted) Dont give your slave SLAVE-WORK

In other words dont eg make him do LATRINE work*2

Rashi similarly interprets the phrase (Lv25-42b) SALES OF
SLAVES as SLAVISH TYPE SALES (ie Public sales treating slaves
like commercial objects).

THE LIST
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The LIST below gives several examples of CONSTRUCTS
reinterpreted as ADJECTIVES *10
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VERSE    ADJECTIVE vs CONSTRUCT     MEANING OF ADVERB CAPPED
======== ========================== =============================
Jer02-02 Youthful-Charity           UNINHIBITED charity
Jer02-02 BRIDE-love                 INTENSE Love(no inhibitions)
1Sm20-17 he loved with SELF-Love    INTENSE Love(not overridden)
Job06-19 Rivers go to TAYMITE paths DISTANT paths*1
2Sm18-27 ACHIMaATZs-run             FAST run
Lv25-42b a SLAVE-sale               PUBLICLY on rocks
Lv25-39a dont give him SLAVE-work   e.g. LATRINE work*2

NOTES
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*1 Note first that there is no reason to interpret the verse
   literally (rivers go to the PATHS of TAYMAH). Hence we
   are justified in interpreting this construct as an adjective

   Rashi Ibn Ezra and Ralbag have differing views on what the
   phrase TAYMITE paths means: One interpretation is DISTANT
   PATHS while the other is LOW-LYING PATHS (In either case the
   travel of rivers FAR AWAY or LOW is symbolic in the verse of
   being double crossed by ones friends)

*2 Interesting is the difference in interpretation approach
   used by Rashi vs Rambam:
   -- Rashi & Rambam inteprets SLAVE WORK as LATRINE work
   -- Rambam gives a further example: WORK YOU ARENT TRAINED FOR
      For example making an electrician do carpentry

   Both Rashi and Rambam interpret the phrase TOIL WORK(Lv25-43)
   as WORK FOR THE SAKE OF WORK (e.g. WORK TILL 5 vs DO A
   SPECIFIC TASK)
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*10 We have till now only described the phenomena of adjective-
    construct interchange. We have not yet explained why an
    Author would wish to use the CONSTRUCT vs the ADJECTIVE.

    Quite simply a CONSTRUCT used for an ADJECTIVE is
    a POETIC technique--it evokes an IMAGE and MEMORY of
    situations (which is one function of language). This is
    in contrast to using an ADJECTIVE which would be a DRY
    DESCRIPTIVE approach.

    In other words saying DONT GIVE YOUR SLAVES DEMEANING WORK
    isnt specific. But if I say DONT GIVE YOUR SLAVES SLAVE-WORK
    it conjurs images of HOW slaves have been mistreated -- we
    might for example,have memories of despising slaves by making
    them do LATRINE work
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RASHI RULE USED: GRAMMARr
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