Deuteronomy 17:8:2Deut.17.8.W2TAB
יִפָּלֵא֩
yipale
“it is too difficult”
- Transliteration
- yi-pa-LE
- Extended
- yee-paa-LEH
- IPA
- /jipaˈleʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is too difficult
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yi-pa-LE
- phraseyour reading level
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR
- clause
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
Exegesis
The Niphal imperfect yippalê {יִפָּלֵא | yip-pā-lê} ‘is too difficult’ conveys intransitive complexity.
Root and etymology
l-ʾlamed–aleph
“not”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge—between blood and blood, between case and case, or between affliction and affliction—matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word יִפָּלֵא֩ (yipale) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.17.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W2.S1) and character.