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2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

BSB

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ASV

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

KJV

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

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27 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לוֹ֙loto <the> him
יְה֣וֹנָדָ֔בye.Ho.na.DavJonadabH3082
שְׁכַ֥בshe.Khavlie downH7901
עַל־'al-onH5921
מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖mish.ka.ve.Khabed yourH4904
וְהִתְחָ֑לve.hit.Chaland make yourself sickH2470
וּבָ֧אu.Va'and he will comeH935
אָבִ֣יךָ'a.Vi.khafather yourH1
לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָlir.'o.Te.khato see youH7200
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.Taand you will sayH559
אֵלָ֡יו'e.Lavto himH413
תָּ֣בֹאTa.vo'let her comeH935
נָא֩na'pleaseH4994
תָמָ֨רta.MarTamarH8559
אֲחוֹתִ֜י'a.cho.Tisister myH269
וְתַבְרֵ֣נִיve.tav.Re.niand let her cause to eat meH1262
לֶ֗חֶםLe.chemfoodH3899
וְעָשְׂתָ֤הve.'a.se.Tahand she will makeH6213
לְעֵינַי֙le.'ei.Naito eyes myH5869
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַבִּרְיָ֔הha.bir.Yahthe foodH1279
לְמַ֙עַן֙le.Ma.'anso thatH4616
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834
אֶרְאֶ֔ה'er.'EhI may seeH7200
וְאָכַלְתִּ֖יve.'a.khal.Tiand I will eatH398
מִיָּדָֽהּ׃mi.ya.Dahfrom hand herH3027

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain