The Meaning of Exodus 22:17 Explained

Exodus 22:17

KJV: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

YLT: if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

Darby: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.

ASV: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If her father  utterly  refuse  to give  her unto him, he shall pay  money  according to the dowry  of virgins. 

What does Exodus 22:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Exodus 22

1  Of Theft
5  Of damage
7  Of trespasses
14  Of borrowing
16  Of fornication
18  Of witchcraft
19  Of bestiality
20  Of idolatry
21  Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25  Of usury
26  Of pledges
28  Of reverence to magistrates
29  Of the first fruits
31  Of torn flesh

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

If utterly refuses her father to give her to him money he shall pay according to the bride-price of virgins -
אִם־ מָאֵ֧ן יְמָאֵ֛ן אָבִ֖יהָ לְתִתָּ֣הּ ל֑וֹ כֶּ֣סֶף יִשְׁקֹ֔ל כְּמֹ֖הַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת ס

מָאֵ֧ן  utterly 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Infinitive absolute
Root: מָאַן  
Sense: (Piel) to refuse.
יְמָאֵ֛ן  refuses 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָאַן  
Sense: (Piel) to refuse.
אָבִ֖יהָ  her  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לְתִתָּ֣הּ  to  give  her 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
ל֑וֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
כֶּ֣סֶף  money 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
יִשְׁקֹ֔ל  he  shall  pay 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁקַל  
Sense: to weigh, weigh out, pay out.
כְּמֹ֖הַר  according  to  the  bride-price 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֹהַר  
Sense: purchase price for wife, wedding money.
הַבְּתוּלֹֽת  of  virgins 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation