Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםher brotherאָחִיהָsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Has Amnonהַאֲמִינוֹןyour brotherאָחִיךְbeenהָיָהwith you?עִמָּךְNow then,וְעַתָּהmy sister,אֲחוֹתִיkeep quiet;הַחֲרִישִׁיhe isהוּאyour brother.אָחִיךְDo notאַלsetתָּשִׁיתִיyour heartלִבֵּךְon thisלַ הַזֶּהmatter.”דָּבָרSo Tamarתָּמָרlived,וַתֵּשֶׁבdesolate,וְשֹׁמֵמָהin the houseבֵּיתof Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםher brother.אָחִיהָ
2 Samuel 13:20
Study it in the app“Absalom her brother said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now then, my sister, keep quiet; he is your brother. Do not set your heart on this matter.” So Tamar lived, desolate, in the house of Absalom her brother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:20, word by word
- 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- her brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Has Amnonאֲמִינוֹןaminon
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 “aminon” appears- beenהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- my sisterאֲחוֹתִachoti
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appears- keep quietהַחֲרִישִׁיhacharishi
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “hacharishi” appears- setתָּשִׁיתִיtashiti
put
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “tashiti” appears- your heartלִבֵּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- So 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- livedתֵּשֶׁבteshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “teshev” appears- desolateשֹׁמֵמָהshomema
desolate
Desolate, ruined; of a person, abandoned and without comfort.
Where else “shomema” appears- in the houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears
The context
19Tamar took ashes and put them on her head, and the long robe that she had on she tore; she put her hand on her head and went away, crying out as she went.
20 · This verse (above)
21King David heard all these things, and his anger burned greatly.