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But ifוְאִםthisהַזֶּהthingהַדָּבָרisהָיָהtrue,אֱמֶתand virginityבְתוּלִיםwas notלֹאfoundנִמְצְאוּin the young woman,לַנַּעֲרָה
Deuteronomy 22:20
Study it in the app“But if this thing is true, and virginity was not found in the young woman,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:20, word by word
- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- isהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- trueאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and virginityבְתוּלִיםvetulim
proof
The proof of virginity.
Where else “vetulim” appears- foundנִמְצְאוּnimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsu” appears- in the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears
The context
19and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought out a bad name against a virgin of Israel, and she shall be his wife; he may not send her away all his days.
20 · This verse (above)
21then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall remove the evil from among you.