The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:23 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:23

KJV: If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

YLT: 'When there is a damsel, a virgin, betrothed to a man, and a man hath found her in a city, and lain with her;

Darby: If a damsel, a virgin, be betrothed to some one, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her,

ASV: If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If a damsel  [that is] a virgin  be betrothed  unto an husband,  and a man  find  her in the city,  and lie  with her; 

What does Deuteronomy 22:23 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 22:23 mean?

If [who [is] - a young woman a virgin is betrothed to a husband and finds her a man in the city and lies with her
כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ [נער] (נַעֲרָ֣ה) בְתוּלָ֔ה מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה לְאִ֑ישׁ וּמְצָאָ֥הּ אִ֛ישׁ בָּעִ֖יר וְשָׁכַ֥ב עִמָּֽהּ

יִהְיֶה֙  [who  [is] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
[נער]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
(נַעֲרָ֣ה)  a  young  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
בְתוּלָ֔ה  a  virgin 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
מְאֹרָשָׂ֖ה  is  betrothed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, feminine singular
Root: אָרַשׂ  
Sense: to betroth, engage.
לְאִ֑ישׁ  to  a  husband 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וּמְצָאָ֥הּ  and  finds  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
אִ֛ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בָּעִ֖יר  in  the  city 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
וְשָׁכַ֥ב  and  lies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
עִמָּֽהּ  with  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.

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