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Deuteronomy 22:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:


Deuteronomy 22:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:1514 words
וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
וְאִמָּהּwəʾimāhAnd mother
וְהוֹצִיאוּwəhwōṣîʾûAnd go
אֶתʾet
בְּתוּלֵיbətûlêVirginity
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
אֶלʾelNear
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַשָּׁעְרָהhašāʿərāhThe opening
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְלָקַחwəlāqaḥAnd take
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
וְאִמָּהּwəʾimāhAnd mother
וְהוֹצִיאוּwəhwōṣîʾûAnd go
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּתוּלֵיbətûlêVirginity
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
אֶלʾelNear
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
הַשָּׁעְרָהhašāʿərāhThe opening

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