and look,וְהִנֵּהheהוּאhas charged herשָׂםwith shamefulעֲלִילֹתdeeds,דְּבָרִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר‘I did notלֹאfindמָצָאתִיin your daughterלְבִתְּךָvirginity.’בְּתוּלִיםBut theseוְאֵלֶּהare the evidence of my daughter’sבִתִּיvirginity.”בְּתוּלֵיAnd they shall spread outוּפָרְשׂוּthe clothהַשִּׂמְלָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe eldersזִקְנֵיof the city.הָעִיר
Deuteronomy 22:17
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:17, word by word
- has charged herשָׂםsam
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appears- with shamefulעֲלִילֹתalilot
shameful deed
Things someone does, or is said to have done, that bring shame.
Where else “alilot” appears- deedsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- findמָצָאתִיmatsati
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appears- in your daughterבִתְּvit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “vit” appears- virginity.’בְּתוּלִיםbetulim
proof
The proof of virginity.
Where else “betulim” appears- And they shall spread outפָרְשׂוּfarsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “farsu” appears- the clothשִּׂמְלָהsimla
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simla” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears
The context
16And 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;
17 · This verse (above)
18And the elders of that city shall take the man and discipline him,