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Deuteronomy 22:15-19

15then shall thefatherאֲבִ֥י'a.ViH1of the damsel, andherאֶל־'el-H413motherוְאִמָּ֑הּve.'i.MahH517,takeוְלָקַ֛חve.la.KachH3947andbringוְהוֹצִ֜יאוּve.ho.Tzi.'uH3318forthH3318the tokens of the damsel’svirginityבְּתוּלֵ֧יbe.tu.LeiH1331unto theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205of thecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892in thegateהַשָּֽׁעְרָה׃ha.Sha.'e.rahH8179:

16and the damsel’sfatherאֲבִ֥י'a.ViH1shallsayוְאָמַ֛רve.'a.MarH559unto theeldersהַזְּקֵנִ֑יםha.ze.ke.NimH2205, Igaveנָתַ֜תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414mydaughterבִּתִּ֗יbi.TiH1323unto thismanלָאִ֥ישׁla.'IshH376towifeלְאִשָּׁ֖הle.'i.ShahH802, and he hatethherאֶל־'el-H413;

17and,loוְהִנֵּה־ve.hi.neh-H2009, he hathlaidשָׂם֩samH7760shamefulעֲלִילֹ֨ת'a.li.LotH5949things toherH559chargeדְּבָרִ֜יםde.va.RimH1697,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Ifoundמָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808in thydaughterלְבִתְּךָ֙le.vi.te.KhaH1323the tokens ofvirginityבְּתוּלִ֔יםbe.tu.LimH1331; and yettheseוְאֵ֖לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are the tokens of mydaughter’sבִתִּ֑יvi.TiH1323virginityבְּתוּלֵ֣יbe.tu.LeiH1331. And they shallspreadוּפָֽרְשׂוּ֙u.fa.re.SuH6566thegarmentהַשִּׂמְלָ֔הha.sim.LahH8071beforeלִפְנֵ֖יlif.NeiH6440theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205of thecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

18And theeldersזִקְנֵ֥יzik.NeiH2205of thatcityהָֽעִיר־ha.'ir-H5892shalltakeוְלָֽקְח֛וּve.la.ke.ChuH3947themanהָאִ֑ישׁha.'IshH376andchastiseוְיִסְּר֖וּve.yi.se.RuH3256him;

19and they shall amerce him in anhundredמֵ֣אָהMe.'ahH3967shekelsH3701ofsilverכֶ֗סֶףKhe.sefH3701, andgiveוְנָתְנוּ֙ve.na.te.NuH5414them unto thefatherלַאֲבִ֣יla.'a.ViH1of the damsel,becauseH3588he hathbroughtהוֹצִיא֙ho.Tzi'H3318upH5921anevilרָ֔עRa'H7451nameשֵׁ֣םshemH8034uponH5921avirginבְּתוּלַ֣תbe.tu.LatH1330ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478: andsheH3588shall be hiswifeלְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.ShahH802; he maynotלֹא־lo'-H3808putH5414herH3605awayלְשַּׁלְּחָ֖הּle.sha.le.ChahH7971allH3605hisdaysיָמָֽיו׃ סya.MavH3117.

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