Deuteronomy Chapter 22 verse 17 Holy Bible
and, lo, he hath laid shameful things `to her charge', saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
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And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.
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and behold, he charges her with things for scandalous talk, saying, I found not thy daughter a virgin; and here are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
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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.
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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.
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and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
read chapter 22 in WEB
and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity -- and these `are' the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd nowוְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)Conjunctive waw | InterjectionStrong's 2009: Lo! behold!heה֡וּא (hū)Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, arehas accused herשָׂם֩ (śām)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, setof shameful conduct,עֲלִילֹ֨ת (‘ă·lî·lōṯ)Noun - feminine plural constructStrong's 5949: An exploit, a performance, an opportunitysaying,לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 559: To utter, say‘I discoveredמָצָ֤אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be presentyour daughterלְבִתְּךָ֙ (lə·ḇit·tə·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1323: A daughterwas notלֹֽא־ (lō-)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noa virgin.’בְּתוּלִ֔ים (bə·ṯū·lîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1331: Virginity, the tokens of itBut here is the proofוְאֵ֖לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thoseof [her]בִתִּ֑י (ḇit·tî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1323: A daughtervirginity.”בְּתוּלֵ֣י (bə·ṯū·lê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1331: Virginity, the tokens of itAnd they shall spread outוּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ (ū·p̄ā·rə·śū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 6566: To break apart, dispersethe clothהַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה (haś·śim·lāh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8071: A dress, a mantlebeforeלִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructStrong's 6440: The facethe cityהָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 5892: Excitementelders.זִקְנֵ֥י (ziq·nê)Adjective - masculine plural constructStrong's 2205: OldJump to PreviousAccused Charges City Cloth Clothing Daughter Daughter's Display Elders Laid Maid Occasions Parents Proof Responsible Scandalous Shameful Sign Slandered Speech Spread Talk Tokens Virgin Virginity
