She saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“No reason!אַל אוֹדֹתThisהַזֹּאתevilהָרָעָהof sending me awayלְשַׁלְּחֵנִיis greaterהַגְּדוֹלָהthanמֵthe otherאַחֶרֶתthatאֲשֶׁרyou have doneעָשִׂיתָto me.”עִמִּיBut he was notוְלֹאwillingאָבָהto listenלִשְׁמֹעַto her.לָהּ
2 Samuel 13:16
Study it in the app“She said to him, “No reason! This evil of sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me.” But he was not willing to listen to her.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:16, word by word
- She saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “No reasonאוֹדֹתodot
cause
Cause, reason: "because of".
Where else “odot” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- of sending me awayשַׁלְּחֵshalche
send away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “shalche” appears- is greaterגְּדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- the otherאַחֶרֶתacheret
other
Other, another; next.
Where else “acheret” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- willingאָבָהava
be willing, consent
Be willing, consent, agree to something; with "not", refuse.
Where else “ava” appears- to listenשְׁמֹעַshemoa
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemoa” appears
Translation note
The beginning of what Tamar says is difficult in Hebrew; the sense is that sending her away now is an even greater wrong (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).
The context
15Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred, for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. Amnon said to her, “Get up, go.”
16 · This verse (above)
17He called his young man, his attendant, and said, “Send this woman away from me, outside, and bolt the door after her.”