Ki Seitzei 22:22 · unit 3

TT #264 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Third Aliyah · Passuk 22:22

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֨א אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁכֵ֣ב ׀ עִם־אִשָּׁ֣ה בְעֻֽלַת־בַּ֗עַל וּמֵ֨תוּ֙ גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם הָאִ֛ישׁ הַשֹּׁכֵ֥ב עִם־הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה וְהָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ הָרָ֖ע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die — the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Chabad.org — 22:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei / classic.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְעֻלַת בַּעַל – אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ.

English: “Married to a husband” — a married woman (eshet ish).

On the daf / in context: The status that creates the capital prohibition is that of a married woman.

Type of Learning

Definitional derash.

What Is Learned

The capital prohibition of adultery applies when the woman is an eshet ish.