Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
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ASV
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 unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;
KJV
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;
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | if | H3588 → |
| יִפָּלֵא֩ | yi.pa.Le' | it will be [too] difficult | H6381 → |
| מִמְּךָ֨ | mi.me.Kha | for you | H4480 → |
| דָבָ֜ר | da.Var | a matter | H1697 → |
| לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט | la.mish.Pat | for <the> judgment | H4941 → |
| בֵּֽין־ | bein- | between | H996 → |
| דָּ֨ם׀ | dam | blood | H1818 → |
| לְדָ֜ם | le.Dam | and blood | H1818 → |
| בֵּֽין־ | bein- | between | H996 → |
| דִּ֣ין | din | dispute | H1779 → |
| לְדִ֗ין | le.Din | and dispute | H1779 → |
| וּבֵ֥ין | u.Vein | and between | H996 → |
| נֶ֙גַע֙ | ne.ga' | wound | H5061 → |
| לָנֶ֔גַע | la.Ne.ga' | and wound | H5061 → |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | div.Rei | matters of | H1697 → |
| רִיבֹ֖ת | ri.Vot | cases at law | H7379 → |
| בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ | bish.'a.Rei.kha | in gates your | H8179 → |
| וְקַמְתָּ֣ | ve.kam.Ta | and you will arise | H6965 → |
| וְעָלִ֔יתָ | ve.'a.Li.ta | and you will go up | H5927 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הַמָּק֔וֹם | ha.ma.Kom | the place | H4725 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| יִבְחַ֛ר | yiv.Char | he will choose | H977 → |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | bo | <in> <the> it |
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