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Ifכִּיa manאִישׁfindsיִמְצָאa young woman,נַעֲרָהa virginבְתוּלָהwhoאֲשֶׁרis notלֹאengaged,אֹרָשָׂהand seizes herוּתְפָשָׂהּand liesוְשָׁכַבwith her,עִמָּהּand they are found,וְנִמְצָאוּ
Deuteronomy 22:28
Study it in the app“If a man finds a young woman, a virgin who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 22:28, word by word
- a 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- a young womanנַעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- a virginבְתוּלָהvetula
virgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “vetula” appears- engagedאֹרָשָׂהorasa
betroth
Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.
Where else “orasa” appears- and seizes herתְפָשָׂtefasa
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tefasa” appears- and liesשָׁכַבshachav
lie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “shachav” appears
The context
27because he found her in the field; the engaged young woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28 · This verse (above)
29then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he humiliated her; he may not send her away all his days.