Judges...

In Exodus 18:16, Moses explains his daily work schedule to his father-in-law:

כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה לָהֶ֤ם דָּבָר֙ בָּ֣א אֵלַ֔י וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֣ין רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְהֽוֹדַעְתִּ֛י אֶת־חֻקֵּ֥י הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים וְאֶת־תּֽוֹרֹתָֽיו׃

When they haue a matter, they come vnto mee, and I iudge betweene one and another, and I doe make them know the ſtatutes of God and his Lawes.

Our commentator discusses the word ושפטתי, and I judge, which has four tagin on the letter ṭeth:



He writes:

ושפטתי -- תגין. רמז כאילו אומר הקב"ה על פיו אני שופטן, ולכך מרמז
And I judge (veshafatṭi). There are tagin on the ṭeth. This alludes to the idea that God Himself said: "I am judging them on the basis of Moses's decisions. This is the hint [in the ṭeth].

He gives a second explanation, as well, which should be familiar to those who have read last week's posts on this blog:

ושפטתי -- ארבעה תגין על ט', ארבעה טיתין הם ל"ו, רובן של סנהדרין, ול"ו מסכתות יש להן גמרא

And I judge (veshafatṭi). There are four tagin on the ṭeth. Four times ṭeth (9) is 36, which is a majority of the (71-member) Sanhedrin. And it is the 36 tractates which have Gemara.