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viz._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o shall_v not_o multiply_v wife_n the_o holy_a bless_a god_n say_v to_o it_o solomon_n and_o a_o thousand_o such_o as_o he_o shall_v fail_v but_o a_o word_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v not_o fail_v about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v one_o of_o those_o little_a apiculi_fw-la that_o distinguish_v between_o hebrew_n letter_n they_o have_v several_a passage_n tanchum_fw-la fol._n 1._o he_o that_o make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d destroy_v the_o world_n see_v several_a instance_n of_o this_o use_v in_o the_o learned_a author_n li._n vol._n 1._o p._n 374._o 375._o the_o jew_n use_v the_o great_a care_n and_o caution_n imaginable_a in_o transcribe_v the_o law_n they_o examine_v all_o copy_n with_o a_o most_o religious_a diligence_n if_o there_o be_v but_o two_o or_o three_o fault_n in_o every_o leaf_n one_o may_v mend_v and_o 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