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Afterוַיְהִי אַחֲרֵיthisכֵןAbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםsonבֶּןof Davidדָּוִדhadוּלְa beautifulיָפָהsisterאָחוֹתwhose name wasוּשְׁמָהּTamar,תָּמָרand Amnonוַ אַמְנוֹןsonבֶּןof Davidדָּוִדloved her.יֶּאֱהָבֶהָ
2 Samuel 13:1
Study it in the app“After this Absalom son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon son of David loved her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:1, word by word
- Afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- a beautifulיָפָהyafa
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafa” appears- sisterאָחוֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- whose name wasשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- Tamarתָּמָרtamar
Tamar
Tamar, the name of three women: Judah's daughter-in-law, the daughter of David, sister of Absalom, and a daughter of Absalom; also a town in the south. It means "palm tree".
Where else “tamar” appears- and Amnonאַמְנוֹןamnon
Amnon
Amnon, the firstborn son of David, born of Ahinoam (2 Samuel 3:2; 13); also a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:20). It means "faithful".
Where else “amnon” appears- loved herיֶּאֱהָבֶyeehave
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “yeehave” appears
Translation note
“Loved her” translates the ordinary verb “to love”; vv. 14-15 tell what he did afterward. The text calls her Absalom’s sister (vv. 1, 4) and Amnon’s sister (v. 2); Amnon and Absalom were sons of David by different mothers (3:2-3).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Amnon was so distressed that he made himself ill because of Tamar his sister, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.