OET interlinear DEU 22:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠אִם־אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַ⁠דָּבָ֖ר הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה

and=if true it_became (Some words not found in UHB: and=if true it_became the,word the=this not found evidence_of_~_virginity for,woman )

Moses uses the word But here to indicate a contrast between the previous case (where the accusation against the girl was false) and this case (where the accusation might be true). In your translation, indicate this contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [However, if this accusation is true]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

וְ⁠אִם־אֱמֶ֣ת הָיָ֔ה הַ⁠דָּבָ֖ר הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה

and=if true it_became (Some words not found in UHB: and=if true it_became the,word the=this not found evidence_of_~_virginity for,woman )

Moses is describing a possible situation in which certain consequences will follow only if the accusation against the young woman is true. The description of the possible situation begins in [verse 13](../22/13.md) and the consequences are described in [verse 21](../22/21.md). Express this possible condition in a way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [But should this accusation prove true]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹא־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים לַֽ⁠נַּעֲרָֽה

not found evidence_of_~_virginity (Some words not found in UHB: and=if true it_became the,word the=this not found evidence_of_~_virginity for,woman )

The expression was not found contains a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that the man did not find proof that the girl was a virgin]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֹא־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְתוּלִ֖ים לַֽ⁠נַּעֲרָֽה

not found evidence_of_~_virginity (Some words not found in UHB: and=if true it_became the,word the=this not found evidence_of_~_virginity for,woman )

See how you translated this similar situation in [22:14–15](../22/14.md). Alternate translation: [evidence was not found proving that the young woman had kept herself pure until marriage]