And you shall comeוּבָאתָto the priests,אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִיםthe Levites,הַלְוִיִּםand toוְאֶלthe judgeהַשֹּׁפֵטwhoאֲשֶׁרisיִהְיֶהin thoseהָהֵםdays,בַּיָּמִיםand you shall inquire,וְדָרַשְׁתָּand they shall announceוְהִגִּידוּto youלְךָthe wordאֵת דְּבַרof judgment.הַמִּשְׁפָּט
Deuteronomy 17:9
Study it in the app“And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and you shall inquire, and they shall announce to you the word of judgment.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 17:9, word by word
- And you shall comeבָאתָvata
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appears- to the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- the judgeשֹּׁפֵטshofet
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofet” appears- isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- and you shall inquireדָרַשְׁתָּdarashta
require
To investigate, or hold to account.
Where else “darashta” appears- and they shall announceהִגִּידוּhigidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higidu” appears- the wordדְּבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears
The context
8If a matter for judgment is too difficult for you, between blood and blood, between case and case, and between blow and blow, matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses.
9 · This verse (above)
10And you shall act according to the word that they announce to you from that place that YHWH chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.