Deuteronomy 22:23:4Deut.22.23.W4TAB
בְתוּלָה
vetula
“a virgin”
- Transliteration
- ve-tu-LA
- Extended
- veh-too-LAH
- IPA
- /vətuˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- a virgin
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tu-LA
- sentence
ki yih-YEH na-a-RA ve-tu-LA me-o-ra-SA le-ISH u-me-tsa-AH ISH ba-IR ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
Exegesis
The noun phrases naarah {נַעֲרָה | na‘arâ} ‘young woman’ and betulah {בְתוּלָה | bətûlāh} ‘virgin’ appear in apposition.
Root and etymology
“virgin, untouched”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:23
If there is a young woman, a virgin , who is betrothed to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her;
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 22:23, so the Hebrew word בְתוּלָה (vetula) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.22.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.23.W4.S1) and character.