Deuteronomy 17:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
‘When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke—matters of strife within thy gates—then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,

King James Bible
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;

Hebrew
If
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a case
דָבָ֜ר (ḏā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

is too difficult
יִפָּלֵא֩ (yip·pā·lê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful

for you
מִמְּךָ֨ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

to judge,
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט (lam·miš·pāṭ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

whether
דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

the controversy
רִיבֹ֖ת (rî·ḇōṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute

within your gates
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֑יךָ (biš·‘ā·re·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

is regarding
בֵּֽין־ (bên-)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

bloodshed,
דָּ֨ם ׀ (dām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

lawsuits,
דִּ֣ין (dîn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1779: Judgement, strife

or assaults,
נֶ֙גַע֙ (ne·ḡa‘)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5061: Mark -- a blow, a spot

you must go up
וְעָלִ֔יתָ (wə·‘ā·lî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the place
הַמָּק֔וֹם (ham·mā·qō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

will choose.
יִבְחַ֛ר (yiḇ·ḥar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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