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Amnonאַמְנוֹןhadוּלְa companionרֵעַwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹJonadabיוֹנָדָבsonבֶּןof Shimeah,שִׁמְעָהDavid’sדָוִדbrother;אֲחִיand Jonadabוְיוֹנָדָבwas a veryמְאֹדwiseחָכָםman.אִישׁ
2 Samuel 13:3
Study it in the app“Amnon had a companion whose name was Jonadab son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very wise man.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:3, word by word
- 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- a companionרֵעַrea
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “rea” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Jonadabיוֹנָדָבyonadav
Jonadab
Jonadab, the name of two men: David's nephew, companion of Amnon (2 Samuel 13:3), and the son of Rechab, ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:6). It means "YHWH is generous".
Where else “yonadav” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Shimeahשִׁמְעָהshima
Shimeah
Shimeah, a brother of David and father of Jonadab (2 Samuel 13:3), the third son of Jesse.
Where else “shima” appears- David’sדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- brotherאֲחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- was a veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears
Translation note
“Wise” can be understood here in a bad sense: skillful, shrewd (vv. 5, 32-35).
The context
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.
3 · This verse (above)
4He said to him, “Why are you so weak, son of the king, morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” Amnon said to him, “Tamar, the sister of Absalom my brother, I love.”