Tanach
Shemot 22:15-16 שמות כ״ב:ט״ו-ט״ז
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וְכִֽי־יְפַתֶּה אִישׁ בְּתוּלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־אֹרָשָׂה וְשָׁכַב עִמָּהּ מָהֹר יִמְהָרֶנָּה לּוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her; he must give the dowry to acquire her as his wife.
If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her; he must give the dowry to acquire her as his wife.
Rashi
מהר ימהרנה. יפסוק לה מוהר כמשפט איש לאשתו, שכותב לה כתובה וישאנה:
He must give the dowry. He must set aside a dowry for her as is the law regarding a man and his wife, i.e., he must write a kesubah (marriage contract) and then marry her.
אִם־מָאֵן יְמָאֵן אָבִיהָ לְתִתָּהּ לוֹ כֶּסֶף יִשְׁקֹל כְּמֹהַר הַבְּתוּלֹֽת׃ {ס}
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he must give [the father] the weight of silver equal to the dowry usually given to virgins.
If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he must give [the father] the weight of silver equal to the dowry usually given to virgins.
Rashi
כמהר הבתולות. שהוא קצוב חמשים כסף אצל התופס את הבתולה ושוכב עמה באונס, שנאמר וְנָתַן הָאִיש הַשֹׁכֵב עִמָּהּ לַאֲבִי הַנַעֲרָה חֲמִשִׁים כָּסֶף (דברים כב, כט):
Equal to the dowry usually given to virgins — which is set at fifty silver shekalim in regard to someone who forcibly takes a virgin and lies with her against her will, as it is said: “The man that lay with her must give to the maiden’s father fifty silver shekalim.”
וכי יפתה. מדבר על לבה עד ששומעת לו, וכן תרגומו וארי ישדל. שדול בלשון ארמי כפתוי בלשון עברי:
If [a man] seduces. He speaks “to her heart (softly and kindly)” until she consents to him. Onkelos translates it similarly: וַאֲרֵי יְשַׁדֵּל, שִׁדוּל in Aramaic having the same meaning as פִּתּוּי (seducing) in Hebrew.