2 Samuel

2 Samuel 13:6

6So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
So Amnonאַמְנ֖וֹן’am·nō·wnNoun - proper - masculine singularH550 Amnon
lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בway·yiš·kaḇConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7901 lie down
and feigned illnessוַיִּתְחָ֑לway·yiṯ·ḥālConjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2470 be weak, sick
When the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְham·me·leḵArticle; Noun - masculine singularH4428 king
cameוַיָּבֹ֨אway·yā·ḇōConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
to see himלִרְאֹת֗וֹlir·’ō·ṯōwPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singularH7200 see
Amnonאַמְנ֤וֹן’am·nō·wnNoun - proper - masculine singularH550 Amnon
saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Pleaseנָ֞אnāInterjectionH4994 I (we) pray, now
let my sisterאֲחֹתִ֗י’ă·ḥō·ṯîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH269 sister
Tamarתָּמָ֣רtā·mārNoun - proper - feminine singularH8559 Tamar
comeתָּֽבוֹא־tā·ḇō·w-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
and make a coupleשְׁתֵּ֣יšə·têNumber - feminine dual constructH8147 two
of cakesלְבִב֔וֹתlə·ḇi·ḇō·wṯNoun - feminine pluralH3834 cakes
in my sightלְעֵינַי֙lə·‘ê·nayPreposition-l; Noun - cdc; first person common singularH5869 eye
so that I may eatוְאֶבְרֶ֖הwə·’eḇ·rehConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singularH1262 eat
from her handמִיָּדָֽהּ׃mî·yā·ḏāhPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singularH3027 hand

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