Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa Deuteronomio 21:14

AND HE LAY WITH HER, AND HE AFFLICTED HER. He lay with her in natural gratification; and he afflicted her unnaturally. This is Rashi’s language. But Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra said: And he afflicted her naturally because she was a maiden.” But there is no need for this for all forced sexual connection is called “affliction.” Likewise, Thou shalt not deal with her as a slave, because thou hast afflicted her.¹²⁶Deuteronomy 21:14. And so also: And my concubine they afflicted, and she is dead.¹²⁷Judges 20:5. Scripture thus tells — in Dinah’s praise — that she was forced, and she did not consent to the prince of the country.

This instance of the verb enslaves means the same as its fellow [21: 14].

A living soul. This alludes to the unique human capacity for free choice. The word nefesh — “soul” — indicates desire, as in Devarim 21:14. The implication is that only human beings were created to exercise their free will.