Study it in the app“Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and he said to her, “Please mourn; put on, please, mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil, and be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for these many days.”
Joabיוֹאָבsentוַיִּשְׁלַחto Tekoaתְּקוֹעָהand broughtוַיִּקַּחfrom thereמִשָּׁםa wiseחֲכָמָהwoman,אִשָּׁהand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Pleaseנָאmourn;הִתְאַבְּלִיput on,וְלִבְשִׁיplease,נָאmourningאֵבֶלclothesבִגְדֵיand do notוְאַלanoint yourselfתָּסוּכִיwith oil,שֶׁמֶןand beוְהָיִיתlike a womanכְּאִשָּׁהwho has been mourningמִתְאַבֶּלֶתforעַלthe deadמֵתfor theseזֶהmanyרַבִּיםdays.יָמִים
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsTekoa
Tekoa: a town of Judah south of Bethlehem; the wise woman Joab sent to David came from there, and later the prophet Amos.
Where else “tekoa” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appearswise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachama” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsmourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “hitabli” appearsput on
To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.
Where else “livshi” appearsmourning
Mourning, grief for one who has died.
Where else “evel” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “vigde” appearsanoint, rub with oil
Anoint, rub the body with oil.
Where else “tasuchi” appearsoil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayit” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabim” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears1Joab son of Zeruiah knew that the heart of the king was on Absalom.
2 · This verse (above)
3Then go to the king and speak to him according to this word.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
