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Deuteronomy 22:25 — King James Version← Study notes

But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:


Deuteronomy 22:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 22:2519 words
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾCome
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֶתʾet
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
הַמְאֹרָשָׂהhaməʾōrāśāhThe engage for matrimony
וְהֶחֱזִיקwəheḥĕzîqAnd fasten
בָּהּbāhIn
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
בַּשָּׂדֶהbaśādehIn field
יִמְצָאyiməṣāʾCome
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הנערhnʿrThe girl
הַנַּעֲרָהhanaʿărāhThe girl
הַמְאֹרָשָׂהhaməʾōrāśāhThe engage for matrimony
וְהֶחֱזִיקwəheḥĕzîqAnd fasten
בָּהּbāhIn
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְשָׁכַבwəšāḵavAnd lie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
וּמֵתûmētAnd die
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down
עִמָּהּʿimāhWith
לְבַדּוֹləvadwōTo separation

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