11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Justice, Dignity, and the Perpetuation of the Covenant Line
From restrained punishment that preserves dignity (vv. 1–3), through labor rewarded (v. 4), through levirate duty that perpetuates the covenant family (vv. 5–10), through protecting the means of family continuation (vv. 11–12), through commercial honesty as covenant fidelity (vv. 13–16), to a permanent war-memorial command against Amalek (vv. 17–19).
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Verse 11
Original words
Ifכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctiontwo menאֲנָשִׁ֤יםH582Noun - masculine plural. . .יַחְדָּו֙H3162Adverbare fightingיִנָּצ֨וּH5327Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural-אִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular-וְאָחִ֔יוH251Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand the wifeאֵ֣שֶׁתH802Noun - feminine singular constructof oneהָֽאֶחָ֔דH259Article | Number - masculine singularcomesוְקָֽרְבָה֙H7126Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularto rescueלְהַצִּ֥ילH5337Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct-אֶת־H853Direct object markerher husbandאִישָׁ֖הּH376Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularfromמִיַּ֣דH3027Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructthe one striking himמַכֵּ֑הוּH5221Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularand she reaches outוְשָׁלְחָ֣הH7971Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularher handיָדָ֔הּH3027Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularand grabsוְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָהH2388Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singularhis genitalsבִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו׃H4016Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 12
Original words
you are to cut offוְקַצֹּתָ֖הH7112Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerher handכַּפָּ֑הּH3709Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularvvvלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particleYou must show her no pityתָח֖וֹסH2347Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular. . .עֵינֶֽךָ׃סH5869Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular