2 Samuel

2 Samuel 14:2

²So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Joab	יוֹאָב֙	yō·w·’āḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3097 Joab
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
to Tekoa	תְּק֔וֹעָה	tə·qō·w·‘āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H8620 Tekoa
to bring	וַיִּקַּ֥ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
a wise	חֲכָמָ֑ה	ḥă·ḵā·māh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2450 wise
woman	אִשָּׁ֣ה	’iš·šāh	Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
from there	מִשָּׁ֖ם	miš·šām	Preposition-m; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
He told her	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Please	נָ֞א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
pretend to be a mourner	הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־	hiṯ·’ab·bə·lî-	Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - feminine singular	H56 mourn
put on	וְלִבְשִׁי־	wə·liḇ·šî-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H3847 put on (a garment), wear, clothe, be clothed
clothes	בִגְדֵי־	ḇiḡ·ḏê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H899 treachery
for mourning	אֵ֗בֶל	’ê·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H60 mourning
and do not	וְאַל־	wə·’al-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
anoint yourself	תָּס֙וּכִי֙	tā·sū·ḵî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H5480 pour in anointing, anoint
with oil	שֶׁ֔מֶן	še·men	Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
Act	וְהָיִ֕ית	wə·hā·yîṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like a woman	כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה	kə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
who has mourned	מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת	miṯ·’ab·be·leṯ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - feminine singular	H56 mourn
for	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the dead	מֵֽת׃	mêṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H4191 die
a long	רַבִּ֔ים	rab·bîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7227 much, many, great
time	יָמִ֣ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day

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2 Chronicles 11:6 · Ruth 3:3 · Amos 1:1 · 2 Samuel 12:20 · Nehemiah 3:5 · 2 Chronicles 20:20 · Jeremiah 6:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.