This is another case: a young woman (a virgin) not promised in marriage is raped (verse 29 “violated”). See Exo 22.16-17.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .