Deuteronomy 22

Deuteronomy 22 addresses sexual purity laws, including distinctions in punishments for betrothed and unbetrothed virgins in rape cases; protections for women; prohibitions on cross-dressing; and rules against mixing seeds, plowing with unequal animals, or wearing mixed fabrics.[1][4]

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כִּ֣י 𐤊𐤉 ki If for/because HC יִקָּרֵ֣א 𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤀 yiqare you come across he will be called HVNi3ms קַן 𐤒𐤍 qan a nest nest of HNcmsc צִפּ֣וֹר 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤓 tsipor of a bird chirping bird of HNcbsa לְ/פָנֶ֡י/ךָ 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉/𐤊 lefaneykha before you before your face HR/Ncbpc/Sp2ms בַּ/דֶּ֜רֶךְ 𐤁/𐤃𐤓𐤊 baderekhe on the road in the path HRd/Ncbsa בְּ/כָל 𐤁/𐤊𐤋 bekhal in any in the whole of HR/Ncmsc עֵ֣ץ 𐤏𐤑 ets tree wood-tree of HNcmsa א֣וֹ 𐤀𐤅 o or or HC עַל 𐤏𐤋 al on upon HR הָ/אָ֗רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the ground the earth HTd/Ncbsa אֶפְרֹחִים֙ 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤇𐤉𐤌 eferochim young ones newly-hatched chicks HNcmpa א֣וֹ 𐤀𐤅 o-2 or or HC בֵיצִ֔ים 𐤁𐤉𐤑𐤉𐤌 veytsim eggs eggs HNcfpa וְ/הָ/אֵ֤ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤀𐤌 vehaem and the mother and the mother HC/Td/Ncfsa רֹבֶ֨צֶת֙ 𐤓𐤁𐤑𐤕 rovetset sitting crouching HVqrfsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 upon upon HR הָֽ/אֶפְרֹחִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤇𐤉𐤌 haeferochim the young the hatchlings HTd/Ncmpa א֖וֹ 𐤀𐤅 o-3 or or HC עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-3 upon upon HR הַ/בֵּיצִ֑ים 𐤄/𐤁𐤉𐤑𐤉𐤌 habeytsim the eggs the eggs HTd/Ncfpa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn תִקַּ֥ח 𐤕𐤒𐤇 tiqach shall you take you will take HVqi2ms הָ/אֵ֖ם 𐤄/𐤀𐤌 haem the mother the mother HTd/Ncfsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-4 with upon HR הַ/בָּנִֽים 𐤄/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 habanim Bene (Bemba) the young the sons HTd/Ncmpa
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וְ/עָנְשׁ֨וּ 𐤅/𐤏𐤍𐤔𐤅 veaneshu and they shall fine and they fined HC/Vqq3cp אֹת֜/וֹ 𐤀𐤕/𐤅 oto him him HTo/Sp3ms מֵ֣אָה 𐤌𐤀𐤄 meah a hundred one hundred HAcbsa כֶ֗סֶף 𐤊𐤎𐤐 khesef [shekels] of silver silver HNcmsa וְ/נָתְנוּ֙ 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤅 venatenu and give and they gave HC/Vqq3cp לַ/אֲבִ֣י 𐤋/𐤀𐤁𐤉 laavi to the father to father-of HR/Ncmsc הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֔ה 𐤄/𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤄 hanaarah of the young woman the young woman HTd/Ncfsa כִּ֤י 𐤊𐤉 ki because for/because HC הוֹצִיא֙ 𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀 hotsi he has brought he caused to go out HVhp3ms שֵׁ֣ם 𐤔𐤌 shem a name name-of HNcmsa רָ֔ע 𐤓𐤏 ra evil bad HAamsa עַ֖ל 𐤏𐤋 al upon upon HR בְּתוּלַ֣ת 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤕 betulat a virgin set-apart young woman of HNcfsc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael of Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp וְ/לֽ/וֹ 𐤅/𐤋/𐤅 velo and to him HC/R/Sp3ms תִהְיֶ֣ה 𐤕𐤄𐤉𐤄 tiheyeh she shall be you will become HVqi3fs לְ/אִשָּׁ֔ה 𐤋/𐤀𐤔𐤄 leishah a wife to a woman HR/Ncfsa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn יוּכַ֥ל 𐤉𐤅𐤊𐤋 yukhal he may he is able HVqi3ms לְ/שַּׁלְּחָ֖/הּ 𐤋/𐤔𐤋𐤇/𐤄 leshalechah send her away to send her away HR/Vpc/Sp3fs כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal all entirety of HNcmsc יָמָֽי/ו 𐤉𐤌𐤉/𐤅 yamayv his days his days HNcmpc/Sp3ms
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וְ/הוֹצִ֨יאוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀𐤅 vehotsiu then they shall bring out and they caused to go out HC/Vhq3cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et the object-marker HTo ה/נער 𐤄/𐤍𐤏𐤓 hnr young woman the young woman HTd/Ncfsa הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֜ה 𐤄/𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤄 hanaarah the girl the young woman HTd/Ncfsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR פֶּ֣תַח 𐤐𐤕𐤇 petach door opening-of HNcmsc בֵּית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt of house house-of HNcmsc אָבִ֗י/הָ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤄 aviha of her father her father HNcmsc/Sp3fs וּ/סְקָלוּ/הָ֩ 𐤅/𐤎𐤒𐤋𐤅/𐤄 useqaluha and shall stone her and they stoned her HC/Vqq3cp/Sp3fs אַנְשֵׁ֨י 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 aneshey men men of HNcmpc עִירָ֤/הּ 𐤏𐤉𐤓/𐤄 irah of her city her city HNcfsc/Sp3fs בָּ/אֲבָנִים֙ 𐤁/𐤀𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 baavanim with stones in the building-stones HRd/Ncfpa וָ/מֵ֔תָה 𐤅/𐤌𐤕𐤄 vametah that she die and she died HC/Vqq3fs כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki because for/because HC עָשְׂתָ֤ה 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤄 asetah she has done she did HVqp3fs נְבָלָה֙ 𐤍𐤁𐤋𐤄 nevalah foolishness disgraceful outrage HNcfsa בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל 𐤁/𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 beyiserael in Israel in Yisraʾel in Yiserael HR/Np לִ/זְנ֖וֹת 𐤋/𐤆𐤍𐤅𐤕 lizenot to play the whore to act as a prostitute HR/Vqc בֵּ֣ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt-2 house house-of HNcmsc אָבִ֑י/הָ 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤄 aviha-2 of her father her father HNcmsc/Sp3fs וּ/בִֽעַרְתָּ֥ 𐤅/𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤕 uviareta you shall purge and you burned away HC/Vpq2ms הָ/רָ֖ע 𐤄/𐤓𐤏 hara the evil the bad HTd/Aamsa מִ/קִּרְבֶּֽ/ךָ 𐤌/𐤒𐤓𐤁/𐤊 miqirebekha from your midst from your inner midst HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
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וְ/הוֹצֵאתֶ֨ם 𐤅/𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤌 vehotsetem and you shall bring out and you brought out HC/Vhq2mp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] object-marker HTo שְׁנֵי/הֶ֜ם 𐤔𐤍𐤉/𐤄𐤌 sheneyhem both of them the two of them HAcmdc/Sp3mp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el to toward HR שַׁ֣עַר 𐤔𐤏𐤓 shaar the gate gateway of HNcmsc הָ/עִ֣יר 𐤄/𐤏𐤉𐤓 hair of the city the watchful settlement HTd/Ncfsa הַ/הִ֗וא 𐤄/𐤄𐤅𐤀 hahiv that that one HTd/Pp3fs וּ/סְקַלְתֶּ֨ם 𐤅/𐤎𐤒𐤋𐤕𐤌 useqaletem and you shall stone and you shall stone HC/Vqq2mp אֹתָ֥/ם 𐤀𐤕/𐤌 otam them them HTo/Sp3mp בָּ/אֲבָנִים֮ 𐤁/𐤀𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 baavanim with stones in the building-stones HRd/Ncfpa וָ/מֵתוּ֒ 𐤅/𐤌𐤕𐤅 vametu that they die and they died HC/Vqq3cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] object-marker HTo ה/נער 𐤄/𐤍𐤏𐤓 hnr the young woman the young woman HTd/Ncfsa הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֗ה 𐤄/𐤍𐤏𐤓𐤄 hanaarah the girl the young woman HTd/Ncfsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al because of upon HR דְּבַר֙ 𐤃𐤁𐤓 devar the matter word of HNcmsc אֲשֶׁ֣ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which HTr לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn צָעֲקָ֣ה 𐤑𐤏𐤒𐤄 tsaaqah she cried out she cried out HVqp3fs בָ/עִ֔יר 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤓 vair in the city in the vigilant settlement HRd/Ncfsa וְ/אֶ֨ת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and [direct object marker] and object-marker HC/To הָ/אִ֔ישׁ 𐤄/𐤀𐤉𐤔 haish the man the man HTd/Ncmsa עַל 𐤏𐤋 al-2 because of upon HR דְּבַ֥ר 𐤃𐤁𐤓 devar-2 the matter word of HNcmsc אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 that that-which HTr עִנָּ֖ה 𐤏𐤍𐤄 inah he violated he severely afflicted HVpp3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-3 [direct object marker] object-marker HTo אֵ֣שֶׁת 𐤀𐤔𐤕 eshet wife of woman of HNcfsc רֵעֵ֑/הוּ 𐤓𐤏/𐤄𐤅 reehu his neighbor his associate HNcmsc/Sp3ms וּ/בִֽעַרְתָּ֥ 𐤅/𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤕 uviareta and you shall purge and you burned away HC/Vpq2ms הָ/רָ֖ע 𐤄/𐤓𐤏 hara the evil the bad HTd/Aamsa מִ/קִּרְבֶּֽ/ךָ 𐤌/𐤒𐤓𐤁/𐤊 miqirebekha from your midst from your inner midst HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
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