Deuteronomy 17:8:9Deut.17.8.W9TAB

לְדִ֗ין

ledeen

and legal right

Transliteration
le-DEEN
Extended
leh-DEEN
IPA
/beːnˈdiːn/

Meaning by language

English
and legal right

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Result
לְ + דִ֗ין
le + deen
ledeen

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-DEEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bein-DEEN le-DEEN

  3. 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

  4. 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

Root and etymology

ד־י־ן

to judge, law

In contextDeuteronomy 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 17:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word לְדִ֗ין (ledeen) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W9.S1) and character.