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Ramban on Genesis 34:2/רמב"ן על בראשית ל״ד:ב׳
אוַיִּשְׁכַּב אוֹתָהּ וַיְעַנֶּהָ "וַיִּשְׁכַּב" – כְּדַרְכָּהּ, "וַיְעַנֶּהָ" – שֶׁלֹּא כְּדַרְכָּהּ (ב"ר פ ה) לְשׁוֹן רַשִׁ"י. אֲבָל רַבִּי אַבְרָהָם אָמַר (אבן עזרא על בראשית ל"ד:ב') "וַיְעַנֶּהָ", בַּעֲבוּר הֱיוֹתָהּ בְּתוּלָה. וְאֵין צֹרֶךְ, כִּי כָּל בִּיאָה בְּאָנְסָהּ תִּקָּרֵא עִנּוּי. וְכֵן "לֹא תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנִּיתָהּ" (דברים כא יד), וְכֵן "וְאֶת פִּילַגְשִׁי עִנּוּ וַתָּמֹת" (שופטים כ ה). וְיַגִּיד הַכָּתוּב כִּי הָיְתָה אֲנוּסָה וְלֹא נִתְרַצֵּית לִנְשִׂיא הָאָרֶץ, לְסַפֵּר בְּשִׁבְחָהּ:
1AND 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.126 And so also: And my concubine they afflicted, and she is dead.127 Scripture thus tells — in Dinah’s praise — that she was forced, and she did not consent to the prince of the country.