(续上)拉瓦 驳 拉夫纳赫曼:他玛 初次同房便怀了孕。答:她先以手指破了处女膜。又驳:她不是嫁过 珥 与 俄南 吗?答:二人不照常理与她同房,她仍是处女。
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「……可是 他玛 不就是第一次同房便怀了孕吗?她与 犹大 同房时还是处女啊!」
But didn’t Tamar become pregnant from the first act of intercourse, despite the fact that she was a virgin at the time of her sexual act with Judah?
本段接续叶三十四正末段「拉瓦 对 拉夫纳赫曼 说:」,故句首以省略号起。
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拉夫纳赫曼 说:他玛 在同房之前已用手指破了处女膜,所以第一次同房便怀了孕;正如 拉比以撒 所说:拉比犹大·哈纳西 家中凡自破处女膜的女子,都被戏称为 他玛 。
Rav Naḥman said: Tamar broke her hymen with her finger prior to intercourse, and it is due to this that she became pregnant from the first act of intercourse, as Rabbi Yitzḥak said: All of those women from the household of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi who break their hymens are named Tamar by nickname.
「破处女膜」原文 מעכה,本义为压、揉;英译释作以手指破处女膜。
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为什么称她们为 他玛 呢?
And why are they named Tamar?
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是因 他玛 曾用手指破了自己的处女膜,便借她的名来称呼。
They are called this on account of Tamar, who broke her hymen with her finger.
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革玛拉对 他玛 这一证据本身提出疑问:可是她先前的丈夫 珥 与 俄南 ,想必也与她同房过吧?
The Gemara wonders about the proof from Tamar itself: But weren’t there Er and Onan, her previous husbands, who presumably engaged in sexual intercourse with her?
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革玛拉答:珥 与 俄南 是不照常理与她同房的,即行肛交,所以她仍是处女。
The Gemara responds: Er and Onan engaged in sexual intercourse in an atypical manner, i.e., anal intercourse, and therefore she was still a virgin.