11 If 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,
12 you 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
If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction two men אֲנָשִׁ֤ים H582 Noun - masculine plural . . . יַחְדָּו֙ H3162 Adverb are fighting יִנָּצ֨וּ H5327 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural - אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular - וְאָחִ֔יו H251 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and the wife אֵ֣שֶׁת H802 Noun - feminine singular construct of one הָֽאֶחָ֔ד H259 Article | Number - masculine singular comes וְקָֽרְבָה֙ H7126 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular to rescue לְהַצִּ֥יל H5337 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker her husband אִישָׁ֖הּ H376 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular from מִיַּ֣ד H3027 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct the one striking him מַכֵּ֑הוּ H5221 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and she reaches out וְשָׁלְחָ֣ה H7971 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular her hand יָדָ֔הּ H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular and grabs וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה H2388 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular his genitals בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו׃ H4016 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 12
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Original words
you are to cut off וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה H7112 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker her hand כַּפָּ֑הּ H3709 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular vvv לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle You must show her no pity תָח֖וֹס H2347 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . עֵינֶֽךָ׃ס H5869 Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular