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2 Samuelchapter 13

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2 Samuel 13Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Hatred greater than the love — Tamar left desolate15

2 Samuel 13:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

Rashi on II Samuel 13:15

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Amnon hated her. Our Rabbis say she tied a hair for him [in his genital area] and caused him to have a severed organ. 6 One who is so injured is prohibited from marrying a Jewish woman as related in Devorim:2. This interpretation of our verse is in Sanhedrin 21a.

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