| 8. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if/when’, setting a protasis. The Niphal imperfect yippalê {יִפָּלֵא | yip-pā-lê} ‘is too difficult’ conveys intransitive complexity. The prepositional phrase mimməḵā {מִמְּךָ | mim-mə-ḵā} ‘from you’ marks human limitation. The construct phrase dāvar la-mišpāṭ {דָּבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט | dā-var la-miš-pāṭ} ‘case for judgment’ specifies judicial scope. A meristic triad in bêyn-dām lə-dām, bêyn-dīn lə-dīn, and u-bêyn la-negaʿ enumerates homicide, legal verdicts, and afflictions. The summary dib-rê ri-bôṯ {דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת | dib-rê ri-bôṯ} reconsolidates these categories. The locative biš-šāʿărêḵā {בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ | biš-šā-ʿārê-ḵā} designates the forum. Vav-consecutive perfects ve-qamṭā and ve-ʿālîtā {וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ | wə-qam·ṭā wə-ʿā·lî·tā} transition to the apodosis. The relative clause ʾel-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer yivḥar {אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר | ʾel·ham·mā-qôm ʾă-šer yiv·ḥar} incorporates the compound divine name Yahweh Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yᵊ-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lo-hê-kha}, with the locative pronoun bō {בּוֹ | bō} completing the reference. |