But to the young womanוְלַנַּעֲרָהyou shall notלֹאdoתַעֲשֶׂהanything;דָבָרthe young womanלַנַּעֲרָהhas noאֵיןsinחֵטְאdeserving death,מָוֶתforכִּיasכַּאֲשֶׁרwhen a manאִישׁrisesיָקוּםagainstעַלhis neighborרֵעֵהוּand murdersוּרְצָחhim,וֹ נֶפֶשׁsoכֵּןis thisהַזֶּהcase,הַדָּבָר
Deuteronomy 22:26
Study it in the app“But 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,”
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Deuteronomy 22:26, word by word
- But to the young womanנַּעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- anythingדָבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- sinחֵטְאchet
offense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chet” appears- deserving deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears- when a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- risesיָקוּםyakum
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “yakum” appears- his neighborרֵעֵree
neighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appears- and murdersרְצָחretsach
murder
To take someone's life unjustly.
Where else “retsach” appears- himנֶפֶשׁnefesh
person
Someone as a whole; "my soul" can simply mean me.
Where else “nefesh” appears
The context
25But 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27because he found her in the field; the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.