Interpreted negatively
Interpreted the matter negatively. Gave a negative meaning.
("These are the children of Noah, Noah, a righteous man...in his generations - some of us call him righteous for praise, all because he was in the generation of the righteous, he was righteous for the rest, and some call him wicked, according to his generation he was righteous, and if he had been in the generation of Abraham, he would not have been considered worthy of reproach" - Rashi in Genesis 6:9, and so: "Gold read "...and this is what the wise men of Shabbos taught me to condemn...that no word of "bis" falls except on things in the circus" - Agnon/ On the Caps of the Lock, in Our Youth and in Our Old Age" - Agnon/ On the Caps of the Lock, in Our Youth and in Our Old Age, 235)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דָּרַשׁ לִגְנַאי
Definition (Hebrew)
פֵּרֵשׁ אֶת הַדָּבָר לְרָעָה. נָתַן מַשְׁמָעוּת שְׁלִילִית.
("אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק...בְּדוֹרוֹתָיו- יֵשׁ מֵרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דּוֹרְשִׁים אוֹתוֹ לְשֶׁבַח, כָּל שֶׁכֵּן שֶׁאֵלּוּ הָיָה בְּדוֹר צַדִּיקִים הָיָה צַדִּיק יוֹתֵר, וְיֵשׁ שֶׁדּוֹרְשִׁים אוֹתוֹ לִגְנַאי, לְפִי דוֹרוֹ הָיָה צַדִּיק, וְאִלּוּ הָיָה בְּדוֹרוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם לֹא הָיָה נֶחְשָׁב לִכְלוּם"- רָשִׁ"י בְּרֵאשִׁית ו ט, וְכֵן:"גּוֹלְד קָרָא בִּיס...וְדָבָר זֶה דָּרְשׁוּ מַשְׂכִּילֵי שַׁבּוּשׁ לִגְנַאי...שֶׁאֵין מִלָּה בִּיס נוֹפֶלֶת אֶלָּא עַל דְּבָרִים שֶׁבַּקַּרְקוּס"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, בִּנְעָרֵינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵינוּ"- עַגְנוֹן/ עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעוּל, בִּנְעָרֵינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵינוּ, 235)