The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:26 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:26

KJV: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

YLT: and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him -- the life, so is this thing;

Darby: and unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing: there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death; for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and murdereth him, so is this matter;

ASV: but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But unto the damsel  thou shalt do  nothing;  [there is] in the damsel  no sin  [worthy] of death:  for as when a man  riseth  against his neighbour,  and slayeth  {08676;05315> him, even so [is] this matter: 

What does Deuteronomy 22:26 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 22

1  Of humanity toward brothers
5  The sex is to be distinguished by apparel
6  The bird is not to be taken with her young ones
8  The house must have battlements
9  Confusion is to be avoided
12  Tassels upon the vesture
13  The punishment of him who slanders his wife
22  of adultery
23  of rape
28  of fornication
30  of incest

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 22:26 mean?

- But to the young woman not you shall do anything [there is] no - in the young woman sin [deserving] of death for just as when rises a man against his neighbor and kills him even so matter [is] this
[ולנער] (וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙‪‬) לֹא־ תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה דָבָ֔ר אֵ֥ין [לנער] (לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה) חֵ֣טְא מָ֑וֶת כִּ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יָק֨וּם אִ֤ישׁ עַל־ רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ וּרְצָח֣וֹ נֶ֔פֶשׁ כֵּ֖ן הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה

[ולנער]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲבִיגַיִל  
Sense: wife of Nabal, then of David.
(וְלַֽנַּעֲרָה֙‪‬)  But  to  the  young  woman 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
תַעֲשֶׂ֣ה  you  shall  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
דָבָ֔ר  anything 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
אֵ֥ין  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
[לנער]  - 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
(לַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה)  in  the  young  woman 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
חֵ֣טְא  sin 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֵטְא  
Sense: sin.
מָ֑וֶת  [deserving]  of  death 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩  just  as  when 
Parse: Preposition-k, Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יָק֨וּם  rises 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
אִ֤ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
עַל־  against 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙  his  neighbor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רֵעַ  
Sense: friend, companion, fellow, another person.
וּרְצָח֣וֹ  and  kills 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצַח  
Sense: to murder, slay, kill.
כֵּ֖ן  even  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
הַדָּבָ֥ר  matter 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַזֶּֽה  [is]  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.

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