Deuteronomy 22:17
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He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:

Context
Marriage Violations
16And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her, 17He layeth to her charge a very ill name, so as to say: I found not thy daughter a virgin: and behold these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the ancients of the city:18And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him,…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:16
And the father shall say: I gave my daughter unto this man to wife: and because he hateth her,

Deuteronomy 22:18
And the ancients of that city shall take that man, and beat him,

Lexicon
And now
וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

he
ה֡וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

has accused her
שָׂם֩ (śām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

of shameful conduct,
עֲלִילֹ֨ת (‘ă·lî·lōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5949: An exploit, a performance, an opportunity

saying,
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘I discovered
מָצָ֤אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

your daughter
לְבִתְּךָ֙ (lə·ḇit·tə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

was not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

a virgin.’
בְּתוּלִ֔ים (bə·ṯū·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it

But here is the proof
וְאֵ֖לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

of [her]
בִתִּ֑י (ḇit·tî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

virginity.”
בְּתוּלֵ֣י (bə·ṯū·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1331: Virginity, the tokens of it

And they shall spread out
וּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙ (ū·p̄ā·rə·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6566: To break apart, disperse

the cloth
הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה (haś·śim·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8071: A dress, a mantle

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the city
הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

elders.
זִקְנֵ֥י (ziq·nê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old


Additional Translations
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.And, see, he has given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not your 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.

and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge , saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with thy daughter; and these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city.

and behold, he charges her with things for scandalous talk, saying, I found not thy daughter a virgin; and here are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

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.

and behold, he has accused her of shameful things, saying, 'I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity;' and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity." They shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.

and lo, he hath laid actions of words, saying, I have not found to thy daughter tokens of virginity -- and these are the tokens of the virginity of my daughter! and they have spread out the garment before the elders of the city.
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