Commentary for Sanhedrin 146:3

ואי כתב רחמנא מות הוה אמינא חייבי מיתות בית דין אין חייבי כריתות לא כתב רחמנא חטא

Now, had the Divine Law written 'sin' [only], I would have thought it applies even to those who are forbidden merely by a negative precept: therefore the Divine Law wrote 'death'. And had the the Divine Law written 'death' [only], I would have thought the law applies only to those forbidden on pain of death by <i>Beth din</i>, but not on pain of extinction: therefore the Divine Law writes 'sin'. Then why did the Divine Law not write merely there is no sin worthy of death, <i>na'ar</i> [youth] and <i>na'arah</i> [a damsel] being superfluous?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the violation of a betrothed maiden and the abuse of a male are punishable by death, they are included in the exegesis of 'death'. ');">³</span>

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