Deuteronomy 22:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;”

Deuteronomy 22:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:2312 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

נערnʿrGirl

נַעֲרָהnaʿărāhGirl

בְתוּלָהvətûlāhVirgin

מְאֹרָשָׂהməʾōrāśāhEngage for matrimony

לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man

וּמְצָאָהּûməṣāʾāhAnd come

אִישׁʾîšMan

בָּעִירbāʿîrIn city

וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down

עִמָּהּʿimāhWith

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

נערnʿrGirl

נַעֲרָהnaʿărāhGirl

בְתוּלָהvətûlāhVirgin

מְאֹרָשָׂהməʾōrāśāhEngage for matrimony

לְאִישׁləʾîšTo man

וּמְצָאָהּûməṣāʾāhAnd come

אִישׁʾîšMan

בָּעִירbāʿîrIn city

וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down

עִמָּהּʿimāhWith

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