Deuteronomy 17:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;”
Deuteronomy 17:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 17:826 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יִפָּלֵאyipālēʾSeparate
מִמְּךָmiməḵāPart
דָבָרdāvārWord
לַמִּשְׁפָּטlamišəpāṭTo verdict
בֵּיןbênBetween
דָּםdāmBlood
לְדָםlədāmTo blood
בֵּיןbênBetween
דִּיןdînJudgement
לְדִיןlədînTo judgement
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
נֶגַעnegaʿBlow
לָנֶגַעlānegaʿTo blow
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
רִיבֹתrîvōtContest
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָbišəʿāreyḵāIn opening
וְקַמְתָּwəqamətāAnd rise
וְעָלִיתָwəʿālîtāAnd ascend
אֶלʾelNear
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יִבְחַרyivəḥarTry
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
בּוֹbwōIn
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