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Deuteronomy 22:29 — King James Version← Study notes

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.


Deuteronomy 22:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:2920 words
וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַשֹּׁכֵבhašōḵēvThe lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
לַאֲבִיlaʾăvîTo father
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver
וְלוֹwəlwōAnd to
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עִנָּהּʿināhDepress
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכַלyûḵalBe able
שַׁלְּחָהšaləḥāhSend
כָּלkālWhole
יָמָיוyāmāywDay
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
הַשֹּׁכֵבhašōḵēvThe lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
לַאֲבִיlaʾăvîTo father
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
חֲמִשִּׁיםḥămišîmFifty
כָּסֶףkāsep̄Silver
וְלוֹwəlwōAnd to
תִהְיֶהtihəyehExist
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עִנָּהּʿināhDepress
לֹאlōʾNot
יוּכַלyûḵalBe able
שַׁלְּחָהšaləḥāhSend
כָּלkālWhole
יָמָיוyāmāywDay

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