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Deuteronomy 22:28 — King James Version← Study notes

If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;


Deuteronomy 22:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:2813 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾCome
אִישׁʾîšMan
נערnʿrGirl
נַעֲרָהnaʿărāhGirl
בְתוּלָהvətûlāhVirgin
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
אֹרָשָׂהʾōrāśāhEngage for matrimony
וּתְפָשָׂהּûtəp̄āśāhAnd manipulate
וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
וְנִמְצָאוּwəniməṣāʾûAnd come
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾCome
אִישׁʾîšMan
נערnʿrGirl
נַעֲרָהnaʿărāhGirl
בְתוּלָהvətûlāhVirgin
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לֹאlōʾNot
אֹרָשָׂהʾōrāśāhEngage for matrimony
וּתְפָשָׂהּûtəp̄āśāhAnd manipulate
וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
וְנִמְצָאוּwəniməṣāʾûAnd come

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