The Meaning of Deuteronomy 25:11 Explained

Deuteronomy 25:11

KJV: When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

YLT: 'When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,

Darby: When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts,

ASV: When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When men  strive  together  one with another,  and the wife  of the one  draweth near  for to deliver  her husband  out of the hand  of him that smiteth  him, and putteth forth  her hand,  and taketh  him by the secrets: 

What does Deuteronomy 25:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 25

1  Punishment must not exceed forty lashes
4  The ox is not to be muzzled
5  Of raising seed unto a brother
11  Of the immodest woman
13  Of unjust weights and measures
17  The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 25:11 mean?

If fight [two] men together one and draws near the wife of one to rescue - her husband from the hand of the one attacking him and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals
כִּֽי־ יִנָּצ֨וּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים יַחְדָּו֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְקָֽרְבָה֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת הָֽאֶחָ֔ד לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־ אִישָׁ֖הּ מִיַּ֣ד מַכֵּ֑הוּ וְשָׁלְחָ֣ה יָדָ֔הּ וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו

יִנָּצ֨וּ  fight 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָצָה 
Sense: (Qal) to fly.
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים  [two]  men 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יַחְדָּו֙  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.
אִ֣ישׁ  one 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְקָֽרְבָה֙  draws  near 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
אֵ֣שֶׁת  the  wife 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
הָֽאֶחָ֔ד  of  one 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְהַצִּ֥יל  to  rescue 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: נָצַל  
Sense: to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אִישָׁ֖הּ  her  husband 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מִיַּ֣ד  from  the  hand 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
מַכֵּ֑הוּ  of  the  one  attacking  him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
וְשָׁלְחָ֣ה  and  puts  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
יָדָ֔הּ  her  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
וְהֶחֱזִ֖יקָה  and  seizes  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: חָזַק  
Sense: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore.
בִּמְבֻשָֽׁיו  by  the  genitals 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מְבוּשִׁים  
Sense: private parts, his privates, male genitals.

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