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And the fatherוְ אֲבִיof the young womanהַנַּעַרָהshall sayאָמַרtoאֶלthe elders,הַזְּקֵנִים“My daughterאֶת בִּתִּיI gaveנָתַתִּיto thisהַזֶּהmanלָאִישׁas a wife,לְאִשָּׁהand he hates her;וַיִּשְׂנָאֶהָ
Deuteronomy 22:16
Study it in the app“And the father of the young woman shall say to the elders, “My daughter I gave to this man as a wife, and he hates her;”
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Deuteronomy 22:16, word by word
- And the fatherאֲבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- of the young womanנַּעַרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- shall sayאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- “My daughterבִּתִּbiti
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “biti” appears- I gaveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- and he hates herיִּשְׂנָאֶyisnae
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “yisnae” appears
The context
15then the father of the young woman and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of virginity of the young woman to the elders of the city at the gate.
16 · This verse (above)
17and look, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, ‘I did not find in your daughter virginity.’ But these are the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the city.