The Meaning of Deuteronomy 22:28 Explained

Deuteronomy 22:28

KJV: If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

YLT: 'When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found,

Darby: If a man find a damsel, a virgin, who is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found,

ASV: If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

If a man  find  a damsel  [that is] a virgin,  which is not betrothed,  and lay hold  on her, and lie  with her, and they be found; 

What does Deuteronomy 22:28 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 22:28 mean?

If finds a man - a young woman [who is] a virgin who not is betrothed and he seizes her and lies with her and they are found out
כִּֽי־ יִמְצָ֣א אִ֗ישׁ [נער] (נַעֲרָ֤ה) בְתוּלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־ אֹרָ֔שָׂה וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ וְשָׁכַ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וְנִמְצָֽאוּ

יִמְצָ֣א  finds 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
אִ֗ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
[נער]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
(נַעֲרָ֤ה)  a  young  woman 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: נַעֲרָה  
Sense: girl, damsel, female servant.
בְתוּלָה֙  [who  is]  a  virgin 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּתוּלָה  
Sense: virgin.
אֹרָ֔שָׂה  is  betrothed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָרַשׂ  
Sense: to betroth, engage.
וּתְפָשָׂ֖הּ  and  he  seizes  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: תָּפַשׂ  
Sense: to catch, handle, lay hold, take hold of, seize, wield.
וְשָׁכַ֣ב  and  lies 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
עִמָּ֑הּ  with  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
וְנִמְצָֽאוּ  and  they  are  found  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.

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