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Deuteronomy 22:20 — King James Version← Study notes

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:


Deuteronomy 22:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:2010 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability
הָיָהhāyāhExist
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לֹאlōʾNot
נִמְצְאוּniməṣəʾûCome
בְתוּלִיםvətûlîmVirginity
לנערlnʿrTo girl
לַנַּעֲרָהlanaʿărāhTo girl
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֱמֶתʾĕmetStability
הָיָהhāyāhExist
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
לֹאlōʾNot
נִמְצְאוּniməṣəʾûCome
בְתוּלִיםvətûlîmVirginity
לנערlnʿrTo girl
לַנַּעֲרָהlanaʿărāhTo girl

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