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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 17:4/אבן עזרא על דברים י״ז:ד׳
אודרשת היטב. מאד מאד וכן היטב חרה לי והוא מעט רחוק מגזרת טוב:
1THEN THOU SHALT INQUIRE DILIGENTLY. Hetev (diligently) means very much. Similarly hetev (greatly) in Art thou greatly angry (Jonah 4:9). It is a bit far-fetched to connect hetev to the word tov (good).7 to the word tov (good), the meaning of our clause is, then thou shalt inquire well.