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What is the traditional old interpretation of this prophecy
The Torah contains a prophecy of a future Prophet who will be like Moses:
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he ...
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Is the tree of the field a man?
Dvarim 20:19 reads:
כִּי תָצוּר אֶל עִיר יָמִים רַבִּים לְהִלָּחֵם עָלֶיהָ לְתָפְשָׂהּ
לֹא תַשְׁחִית אֶת עֵצָהּ לִנְדֹּחַ עָלָיו גַּרְזֶן כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ
תֹאכֵל וְאֹתוֹ לֹא תִכְרֹת כִּי הָאָדָם ...
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Unusual cantillation of Deut. 18:19
In D'varim 18:19 we have:
הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִשְׁמַע֙ אֶל־דְּבָרַ֔י
The word הָאִישׁ֙ has a pashta cantillation mark over it, as Minchas Shay notes; then comes the common sequence ...
