Deuteronomy 22:16
in Deuteronomy 22and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
KJV
And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Suppose a man marries a woman
on Deuteronomy 22:13-21
Her parents answer the husband's charge by bringing proof to the elders at the gate. The case is public, and the burden falls first on the accuser. If the charge fails he is fined a hundred shekels and may never divorce her.
This site's exposition
he has come to hate her
The father speaks for his daughter, and Henry reads it as a duty. A child's good name is a branch of the father and mother's own.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָמַ֛ר | veamar | and he will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲבִ֥י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| הַֽנַּעַרָ֖ה | hanaar | the young woman | H5291 → | 63 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַזְּקֵנִ֑ים | hazekenim | the elders | H2205 → | 178 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּתִּ֗י | biti | daughter my | H1323 → | 588 times |
| נָתַ֜תִּי | natati | I gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָאִ֥ישׁ | laish | to the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הַזֶּ֛ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| לְאִשָּׁ֖ה | leishah | to a wife | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ׃ | vaiyisnaeha | and he hated her | H8130 → | 146 times |
וְאָמַ֛רand he will say
veamarH559 →5305 times
אֲבִ֥י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
הַֽנַּעַרָ֖הthe young woman
hanaarH5291 →63 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַזְּקֵנִ֑יםthe elders
hazekenimH2205 →178 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בִּתִּ֗יdaughter my
bitiH1323 →588 times
נָתַ֜תִּיI gave
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לָאִ֥ישׁto the man
laishH376 →1663 times
הַזֶּ֛ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
לְאִשָּׁ֖הto a wife
leishahH802 →781 times
וַיִּשְׂנָאֶֽהָ׃and he hated her
vaiyisnaehaH8130 →146 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.