{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H781",
  "lemma": "אָרַשׂ",
  "transliteration": "ʼâras",
  "definition": "to engage for matrimony",
  "kjv": "betroth, espouse.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אָרַשׂ] vb. betroth",
    "Pi. betroth (subj. man) obj. woman",
    "Pu. be betrothed"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:15",
      "text": "“If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 20:7",
      "text": "What man is there who has pledged to be married to a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/20?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 22:23",
      "text": "If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man finds her in the city, and lies…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 22:25",
      "text": "But if the man finds the lady who is pledged to be married in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 22:27",
      "text": "for he found her in the field, the pledged to be married lady cried, and there was no one to save her.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 22:28",
      "text": "If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/22?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 28:30",
      "text": "You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:14",
      "text": "David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 2:21",
      "text": "I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/2?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 2:22",
      "text": "I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/2?v=22"
    }
  ],
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}