Exodus 22:17
If the father of the virgin will not give her to him, he shall give money, by the manner of dower, which virgins were wont to take.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מֹהַרmôhara price (for a wife)
- שָׁקַלshâqalto suspend or poise (especially in trade)
- מָאֵןmâʼênto refuse
- כֶּסֶףkeçephsilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
- אָבʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- נָתַןnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.