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Recall we are giving examples of Rashis naming objects
by their properties without explicitly saying what they are
For example: AZURE (Techeleth) refers to a GARMENT
that is AZURE(Sky blue). Thus the object is designated by
its PROPERTY--sky blue/azure--but the object is not
designated by what it is--A GARMENT--
EXAMPLE #38: Lv05-24a
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The Bible is talking about Business Investments.
In an investment I FIRST put down some investment amount
and THEN, AFTERWARDS, receive INTEREST
THE VERSE/RASHI: The word FIRST designates the PRINCIPLE
--------------- or the investment amount. This is
in contrast to the interest which comes 2nd or afterwards
Thus this Rashi is another example of something designated
by a PROPERTY--the principle is FIRST while the interest
is SECOND--rather than by what it is -- an INVESTENT.
EXAMPLE 39: Ex15-20c
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The hebrew root Tav-Pay refers to a POUNDING activity.
For example, mourning people may pound themselves in
regret.
A noun form of this verb could refer to ANYTHING that
involved in pounding---it could for example refer to a
--hammer
--murder (pound his head in )
--musical percussion instruments like drum, cymbals etc
It so happens that the word TOF refers to DRUMS and CYMBALS
--musical instruments that are POUNDED.
Again we have here an example of a Rashi that designates
an object--the DRUM--not by what it is-- a MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
--but rather by the particular properties of this type
of musical instrument--the DRUM is that instrumentthat
you POUND
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