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Deuteronomy 22:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.


Deuteronomy 22:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:1718 words
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הוּאhûʾHe
שָׂםśāmPut
עֲלִילֹתʿălîlōtExploit
דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome
לְבִתְּךָləvitəḵāTo daughter
בְּתוּלִיםbətûlîmVirginity
וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
בְּתוּלֵיbətûlêVirginity
בִתִּיvitîDaughter
וּפָרְשׂוּûp̄ārəśûAnd break
הַשִּׂמְלָהhaśiməlāhThe dress
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
הוּאhûʾHe
שָׂםśāmPut
עֲלִילֹתʿălîlōtExploit
דְּבָרִיםdəvārîmWord
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
לֹאlōʾNot
מָצָאתִיmāṣāʾtîCome
לְבִתְּךָləvitəḵāTo daughter
בְּתוּלִיםbətûlîmVirginity
וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
בְּתוּלֵיbətûlêVirginity
בִתִּיvitîDaughter
וּפָרְשׂוּûp̄ārəśûAnd break
הַשִּׂמְלָהhaśiməlāhThe dress
לִפְנֵיlip̄ənêTo face
זִקְנֵיziqənêOld
הָעִירhāʿîrThe city

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