Deuteronomy 22:17

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
given	שָׂם֩ sam	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
occasions	עֲלִילֹ֨ת 'a.li.Lot	H5949	an exploit (of God) · noun, common feminine plural construct
speech	דְּבָרִ֜ים de.va.Rim	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine plural absolute
saying	לֵאמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
found	מָצָ֤אתִי ma.Tza.ti	H4672	properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
daughter	לְבִתְּךָ֙ le.vi.te.Kha	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
maid	בְּתוּלִ֔ים be.tu.Lim	H1331	(collectively and abstractly) virginity · noun, common masculine plural absolute
daughter’s	בִתִּ֑י vi.Ti	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
virginity	בְּתוּלֵ֣י be.tu.Lei	H1331	(collectively and abstractly) virginity · noun, common masculine plural construct
spread	וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ u.fa.re.Su	H6566	to break apart · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
cloth	הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה ha.sim.Lah	H8071	a dress · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֖י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
elders	זִקְנֵ֥י zik.Nei	H2205	old · adjective, masculine plural construct
city	הָעִֽיר ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:13–end

These laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint by laying a penalty upon those fleshly lusts which war against the soul. I. If a man, lusting after another woman, to get rid of his wife slander her and falsely accuse her, as not having the virginity she pretended to when he married her, upon the disproof of his slander he must be punished, Deu 22:13-19. What the meaning of that evidence is by which the husband's accusation was to be proved false the learned are not agreed, nor is it at all necessary to enquire - those for whom this law was intended, no doubt, understood it: it is sufficient for us to know that this wicked husband, who had thus endeavoured to ruin the reputat…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 22:13

If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse and so given to irregular passions. Nor is it a better argument that the Scriptures were not written by inspiration of God to object that this passage, and others of a like nature, tend to corrupt the imagination and will be abused by evil-disposed readers, than it is to say that the sun w…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 22:17

And, lo, he hath given occasion of speech against her,.... In the neighbourhood where they dwell; has been the cause of persons speaking reproachfully of her, as one of ill fame: saying, l found not thy daughter a maid; so that it seems he said this not only to his neighbours, and before a court of judicature, but to the parents of the damsel: and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity; which were brought with him, and produced in open court: and they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city; that they might have ocular proof and evidence of the truth of what he said, by having spread before them the sheet stained with the blood of her virginity upon her husband's…

Dictionary and topics

Wife — The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail…
Adultery · 19:20-22;20:10-12;21:9; — 19:20-22;20:10-12;21:9;
Damages And Compensation · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Husband · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Virgin · Proofs of — Proofs of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 22:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 22:13

John Gill on Deuteronomy 22:17

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 22:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 22:13

John Gill on Deuteronomy 22:17

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 22:13-21

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 22:15-17

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 22:17

Rashi on Deuteronomy 22:17