Deuteronomy 22:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:”

Deuteronomy 22:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:1419 words

וְשָׂםwəśāmAnd put

לָהּlāhTo

עֲלִילֹתʿălîlōtExploit

דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord

וְהוֹצִיאwəhwōṣîʾAnd go

עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

רָעrāʿBad

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say

אֶתʾet—

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake

וָאֶקְרַבwāʾeqəravAnd approach

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome

לָהּlāhTo

בְּתוּלִיםbətûlîmVirginity

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׂםwəśāmAnd put

לָהּlāhTo

עֲלִילֹתʿălîlōtExploit

דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord

וְהוֹצִיאwəhwōṣîʾAnd go

עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove

שֵׁםšēmAppellation

רָעrāʿBad

וְאָמַרwəʾāmarAnd say

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לָקַחְתִּיlāqaḥətîTake

וָאֶקְרַבwāʾeqəravAnd approach

אֵלֶיהָʾēleyhāNear

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome

לָהּlāhTo

בְּתוּלִיםbətûlîmVirginity

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