But ifוְאִםin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהthe manהָאִישׁfindsיִמְצָאthe young womanאֶת הַנַּעֲרָהwho is engaged,הַמְאֹרָשָׂהand the manוְ הָאִישׁseizesהֶחֱזִיקherבָּהּand liesוְשָׁכַבwith her,עִמָּהּthen onlyלְבַדּוֹthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרlayשָׁכַבwith herעִמָּהּshall die.וּמֵת
Deuteronomy 22:25
Study it in the app“But if in the field the man finds the young woman who is engaged, and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:25, word by word
- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- findsיִמְצָאyimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsa” appears- the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- who is engagedמְאֹרָשָׂהmeorasa
betroth
Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.
Where else “meorasa” appears- seizesהֶחֱזִיקhechezik
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezik” appears- and liesשָׁכַבshachav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shachav” appears- then onlyבַדּvad
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears- shall dieמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears
The context
24then you shall bring out both of them to the gate of that city and stone them with stones so that they die: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humiliated his neighbor’s wife. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
25 · This verse (above)
26But to the young woman you shall not do anything; the young woman has no sin deserving death, for as when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case,