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VERSE: Nu16-24a

RASHIS COVERED: Nu16-24a Nu09-11a Dt17-08f Gn45-09a
                Ex32-01d Ex33-01a Gn49-09c Ex01-10c

=========================== Nu16-24a ===============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is the teaching of grammar the same
way grammar books teach grammar. Rashi will sometimes show how
the verb-root in different MODES can mean different things. Here,
Rashi can be aided by skillful use of PREPOSITIONAL connectives.


EXAMPLE
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The root Aleph-Lamed-Hey (ALH) has four meanings depending on
- the MODE (Active / Passive)
- The PREPOSITIONAL CONNECTIVE (FROM / TO)

The four meanings are as follows


EXAMPLE Gn32-37 ACTIVE MODE + TO
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...the DAWN has come up


EXAMPLE Dt17-08f ACTIVE MODE + TO
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If you GO UP TO THE TEMPLE

Here the idea is that the TEMPLE is a SPIRITUALLY Higher
place and hence you GO UP TO IT (True Jerusalem is higher
than the rest of Israel but the main focus is on the
spiritual height)


EXAMPLE-Nu16-24a PASSIVE-FROM = WITHDRAW
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e.g. WITHDRAW from the WICKED Korach group

Here the emphasis is on LEAVING a bad situation
without necessarily having a good alternative.


EXAMPLE Ex32-01d ACTIVE FROM
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GET AWAY FROM the Golden calf place and GO UP TO ISRAEL

Here the emphasis is BOTH on withdrawing from a bad situation
and going to a better place.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMARr
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      ROOT+PREPOSITION
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW                LIST901e
List of verses with      ALH=a)Go up b)Withdraw c)Withdraw & go d)..
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========================= LIST901e =================================
List of verses with  Ayin-Lamed-Hey = GoUp;N-A-L-H = WITHDRAW*10
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VERSE    MODE     PREP TEXT OF VERSE(with translation of ALH capped)
======== ======== ==== =============================================
Ez19-03  ACTIVE   --   One of the lion-s cubs WENT UP
Gn32-27  ACTIVE   --   The dawn HAS COME UP
------   -------- --   --------------------------------------
Dt17-08f ACTIVE   TO   Go UP To TEMPLE*1
Gn45-09a ACTIVE   TO   GO UP TO MY FATHER*1
------   -------- --   --------------------------------------
Nu16-27  PASSIVE  FROM WITHDRAW FROM the Korach crowd*2
Nu16-24a PASSIVE  FROM WITHDRAW FROM these wicked people*2
Nu09-11a PASSIVE  FROM The Divine Cloud WITHDREW from the Temple
------   -------- --   --------------------------------------
Ex32-01d ACTIVE   FROM WITHDRAW from Golden calf;GO TO Israel*3
Ex33-01a ACTIVE   FROM Moses who TOOK US FROM Egypt TO Israel*3
Gn49-09c ACTIVE*4 FROM WITHDREW from Joseph affair;BETTER SOLUTION
Ex01-10c ACTIVE*5 FROM We-ll be THROWN OUT OF OUR LAND(TO another)


NOTES
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*1 In these verses A-L-H TO means not so much PHYSICALLY
   going up; but rather GOING TO A PLACE OF HIGHER
   SPIRITUALITY (Examples are going to TEMPLE, ISRAEL...)

*2 The emphasis in these verses is twofold
   - not where you are going TO
   - but am emphasis on withdrawing FROM a place
   - a further emphasis on lack of a place to go to
   In other words you are withdrawing from a bad situation
   without necessarily having a better alternative

*3 These verses emphasize simultaneous
   - WITHDRAWAL from a bad situation
   - GOING TO a better situation


*4 Rashi on this verse emphasizes the two nuances of GO UP FROM
   a) Judah talked against murdering Joseph
   b) Judah ALSO suggested a better solution (Sell him into
      slavery)

*5 My interpretation (Egypt will be thrown out to a BETTER
   land) probably seems a bit radical.

   But dont forget this was the government talking and
   politicians are basically conservative.  It is unreasonable
   to assume that they were worried about a takeover.

   A more reasonable fear is that as the Jews multiplied at
   a faster rate, the Egyptians would be forced to expand
   their economy in other areas outside Egypt...Thus many
   Egyptians would migrate to other lands possibly with
   better jobs but overall the Jews would stay in Egypt
   while the percentage of Egyptians would decline.
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