Deuteronomy 22:17
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
דָּבָר
In Hebrew, dabar is not just a word spoken — it is a word that accomplishes something. God's dabar does not return empty. The psalmist says this word is a lamp to his feet — not a floodlight revealing everything ahead, but enough light for the next step. That is faith.
מָצָא
I found
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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שׂוּם
he has made
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שׂוּם
To put, to set, to place. Shuwm. I have set the LORD always before me. A deliberate daily choice to keep God at the centre of everything.
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עֲלִילָה
deeds of
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עֲלִילָה
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
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בַּת
daughter/ my
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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בְּתוּלִים
are the virginities of
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בְּתוּלִים
(collectively and abstractly) virginity; by implication and concretely, the tokens of it
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זָקֵן
the elders of
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