Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 31:17

הוא זה מלך וכל בני ישראל אתו זה משוח מלחמה וכל העדה זה סנהדרי

— If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the same thing is referred to in both verses. ');">³¹</span> either 'great' should be employed in both passages, or 'difficult' in both. Why 'great' in one passage and 'difficult' in the other? We may infer therefrom the two meanings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' a) Matters of a great man, b) difficult case. For though the second verse is a narrative, it refers to a difficult case, and is not identical with the first verse. ');">³²</span>

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