Deuteronomy 22:20 Go deeper
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But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: (KJV)
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וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 1
אֱמֶ֣ת'e.Mettruth
Lemma: אֱמֶת (e.met) · Strong's: H0571H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: truth: true
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:48, Genesis 42:16, Deuteronomy 13:14, Deuteronomy 17:4, 1 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 17:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0571H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 2
הָיָ֔הha.Yahit was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 3
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Varthe word
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 4
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 5
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 6
נִמְצְא֥וּnim.tze.'Uthey were found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 7
בְתוּלִ֖יםve.tu.Limvirginiti<es>
Lemma: בְּתוּלִים (be.tu.lim) · Strong's: H1331
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: virginity
Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 21:13, Deuteronomy 22:14, Deuteronomy 22:15, Deuteronomy 22:17, Judges 11:37, Judges 11:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1331; TAHOT Deuteronomy 22:20 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If, however | → | אִם H0518A if |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| accusation | → | דָּבָר H1697I word: thing |
| is | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| true | → | אֱמֶת H0571H truth: true |
| and no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| proof of the young woman’s | → | נַעֲרָה H5291 maiden |
| virginity | → | בְּתוּלִים H1331 virginity |
| can be found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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