The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:20 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:20

KJV: But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

YLT: And if this thing hath been truth -- tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel --

Darby: But if this thing is true, and virginity hath not been found with the damsel;

ASV: But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if this thing  be true,  [and the tokens of] virginity  be not found  for the damsel: 

What does Deuteronomy 22:20 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 22:20 mean?

But if TRUE is thing this not are found [and evidences of] virginity - for the young woman
וְאִם־ אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַדָּבָ֖ר הַזֶּ֑ה לֹא־ נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים [לנער] (לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה)

וְאִם־  But  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
אֱמֶ֣ת  TRUE 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֱמֶת  
Sense: firmness, faithfulness, truth.
הַדָּבָ֖ר  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַזֶּ֑ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
נִמְצְא֥וּ  are  found 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
בְתוּלִ֖ים  [and  evidences  of]  virginity 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בְּתוּלִים  
Sense: virginity.
[לנער]  - 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
(לַֽנַּעֲרָֽה)  for  the  young  woman 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.

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