The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:17 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:17

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Deuteronomy 22:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 22

1  Of humanity toward brothers
5  The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6  The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8  The house must have battlements
9  Confusion is to be avoided
12  Tassels upon the vesture
13  The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22  of adultery
23  of rape
28  of fornication
30  of incest

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 22:17 mean?

Now he has charged her with conduct shameful saying not I found your daughter [was] a virgin and yet these [are the evidences of] virginity Of my daughter and they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city
וְהִנֵּה־ ה֡וּא שָׂם֩ עֲלִילֹ֨ת דְּבָרִ֜ים לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹֽא־ מָצָ֤אתִי לְבִתְּךָ֙ בְּתוּלִ֔ים וְאֵ֖לֶּה בְּתוּלֵ֣י בִתִּ֑י וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י זִקְנֵ֥י הָעִֽיר

וְהִנֵּה־  Now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
שָׂם֩  has  charged  her 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
עֲלִילֹ֨ת  with  conduct 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: עֲלִילָה  
Sense: wantonness, deed, doing.
דְּבָרִ֜ים  shameful 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
לֵאמֹ֗ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
מָצָ֤אתִי  I  found 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
לְבִתְּךָ֙  your  daughter  [was] 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
בְּתוּלִ֔ים  a  virgin 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בְּתוּלִים  
Sense: virginity.
וְאֵ֖לֶּה  and  yet  these  [are  the  evidences  of] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
בְּתוּלֵ֣י  virginity 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בְּתוּלִים  
Sense: virginity.
בִתִּ֑י  Of  my  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙  and  they  shall  spread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: פָּרַשׂ  
Sense: to spread, spread out, stretch, break in pieces.
הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה  the  cloth 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שִׂמְלָה  
Sense: wrapper, mantle, covering garment, garments, clothes, raiment, a cloth.
לִפְנֵ֖י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
זִקְנֵ֥י  the  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
הָעִֽיר  of  the  city 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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