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.’”
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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| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | to <the> him | |
| יְה֣וֹנָדָ֔ב | ye.Ho.na.Dav | Jonadab | H3082 → |
| שְׁכַ֥ב | she.Khav | lie down | H7901 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖ | mish.ka.ve.Kha | bed your | H4904 → |
| וְהִתְחָ֑ל | ve.hit.Chal | and make yourself sick | H2470 → |
| וּבָ֧א | u.Va' | and he will come | H935 → |
| אָבִ֣יךָ | 'a.Vi.kha | father your | H1 → |
| לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָ | lir.'o.Te.kha | to see you | H7200 → |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| אֵלָ֡יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| תָּ֣בֹא | Ta.vo' | let her come | H935 → |
| נָא֩ | na' | please | H4994 → |
| תָמָ֨ר | ta.Mar | Tamar | H8559 → |
| אֲחוֹתִ֜י | 'a.cho.Ti | sister my | H269 → |
| וְתַבְרֵ֣נִי | ve.tav.Re.ni | and let her cause to eat me | H1262 → |
| לֶ֗חֶם | Le.chem | food | H3899 → |
| וְעָשְׂתָ֤ה | ve.'a.se.Tah | and she will make | H6213 → |
| לְעֵינַי֙ | le.'ei.Nai | to eyes my | H5869 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַבִּרְיָ֔ה | ha.bir.Yah | the food | H1279 → |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | le.Ma.'an | so that | H4616 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| אֶרְאֶ֔ה | 'er.'Eh | I may see | H7200 → |
| וְאָכַלְתִּ֖י | ve.'a.khal.Ti | and I will eat | H398 → |
| מִיָּדָֽהּ׃ | mi.ya.Dah | from hand her | H3027 → |
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