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Ramban on Deuteronomy 17:19/רמב"ן על דברים י״ז:י״ט
אוְהָיְתָה עִמּוֹ, הַתּוֹרָה הַנִּזְכֶּרֶת. וְקָרָא בוֹ, בַּסֵּפֶר הַנִּזְכָּר. וְעַל דֶּרֶךְ הָאֱמֶת, וְהָיְתָה עִמּוֹ הַתּוֹרָה עַצְמָהּ תִּהְיֶה עִמּוֹ, כְּדֶרֶךְ וַה' נָתַן חָכְמָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה (מלכים א ה כו), וְאוֹמֵר וַיֵּשֶׁב שְׁלֹמֹה עַל כִּסֵּא ה' לְמֶלֶךְ (דהי"א כט כג):
1V’HAY’THAH’ (AND IT SHALL BE) WITH HIM [“it” refers to] the Torah125 is feminine [literally: “and she will be”] it must refer to Torah which is also feminine. as mentioned [in the preceding verse]. AND HE SHALL READ ‘BO’ (THEREIN) — “in the book”126 (“in him”), being masculine, cannot refer to Torah which is feminine. It must refer to the masculine word, sefer (book), in the preceding verse. The verse reads: and he [the king] shall write him a copy of this ‘Torah’ in ‘a book.’ mentioned [in the preceding verse]. And by way of the Truth, [the mystic teachings of the Cabala], ‘v’hay’thah’ (and it shall be) with him means that the Torah itself will be with him, similar to what is said, And the Eternal gave Solomon wisdom,127 and it is further said, And Solomon sat on the throne of the Eternal as king.128” (Psalms 93:1) [Ramban in his Letter to his son on the Virtue of Humility, Hebrew Ethical Wills, J.P.S., Vol. I, pp. 94-99].