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2 Samuel 14:2

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← 2 Samuel 14:1	2 Samuel 14:2 (KJV)	2 Samuel 14:3 →
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart [was] toward Absalom.	And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:	And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Joab^H3097 sent^H7971 to Tekoah^H8620, and fetched^H3947 thence a wise^H2450 woman^H802, and said^H559 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner^H56, and put on^H3847 now mourning^H60 apparel^H899, and anoint^H5480 not thyself with oil^H8081, but be as a woman^H802 that had a long^H7227 time^H3117 mourned^H56 for the dead^H4191:

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלַח יֹואָב תְּקֹועָה וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הִתְאַבְּלִי־נָא וְלִבְשִׁי־נָא בִגְדֵי־אֵבֶל וְאַל־תָּסוּכִי שֶׁמֶן וְהָיִית כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל־מֵת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
יוֹאָב֙	yo.'Av	H3097	HNp	Joab
תְּק֔וֹעָ/ה	te.Ko.'a/h	H8620	HNp/Sd	Tekoa/ towards
וַ/יִּקַּ֥ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
מִ/שָּׁ֖ם	mi./Sham	H8033	HR/D	from/ there
אִשָּׁ֣ה	'i.Shah	H802	HNcfsa	a woman
חֲכָמָ֑ה	cha.kha.Mah	H2450	HAafsa	wise
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֵ֠לֶי/הָ	'E.lei./ha	H413	HR/Sp3fs	to/ her
הִֽתְאַבְּלִי	hit.'a.be.li-	H56	HVtv2fs	play (the) mourner
נָ֞א	na'	H4994	HTe	please
וְ/לִבְשִׁי	ve./liv.shi-	H3847	HC/Vqv2fs	and/ put on
נָ֣א	na'	H4994	HTe	please
בִגְדֵי	vig.dei-	H899	HNcmpc	garments of
אֵ֗בֶל	'E.vel	H60	HNcmsa	mourning
וְ/אַל	ve./'al-	H408	HC/Tn	and/ may not
תָּס֨וּכִי֙	ta.Su.khi	H5480	HVqj2fs	you anoint yourself
שֶׁ֔מֶן	She.men	H8081	HNcmsa	oil
וְ/הָיִ֕ית	ve./ha.Yit	H1961	HC/Vqq2fs	and/ you will be
כְּ/אִשָּׁ֗ה	ke./'i.Shah	H802	HR/Ncfsa	like/ a woman
זֶ֚ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
יָמִ֣ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
רַבִּ֔ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many
מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת	mit.'a.Be.let	H56	HVtrfsa	(who has been) mourning
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מֵֽת	Met	H4191	HVqrmsa	a dead (person)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H56 — אָבַל (ʼâbal, aw-bal'): a primitive root; to bewail; lament, mourn.
• H60 — אֵבֶל (ʼêbel, ay'-bel): from אָבַל; lamentation; mourning.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
• H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
• H3097 — יוֹאָב (Yôwʼâb, yo-awb'): from יְהֹוָה and אָב; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites; Joab.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3847 — לָבַשׁ (lâbash, law-bash'): or לָבֵשׁ; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on agarment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively; (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5480 — סוּךְ (çûwk, sook): a primitive root; properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint; anoint (self), [idiom] at all.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H8081 — שֶׁמֶן (shemen, sheh'-men): from שָׁמַן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.
• H8620 — תְּקוֹעַ (Tᵉqôwaʻ, tek-o'-ah): a form of תָּקוֹעַ; Tekoa, a place in Palestine; Tekoa, Tekoah.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• mourning — 2 Samuel 11:26, Psalms 104:15, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Matthew 6:17
• to Tekoah — 2 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Nehemiah 3:5, Nehemiah 3:27, Jeremiah 6:1, Amos 1:1

Reciprocal references (11): Genesis 38:19, 2 Samuel 13:3, 2 Samuel 20:16, 2 Samuel 23:26, 1 Kings 14:2, 1 Kings 20:31, 1 Kings 20:38, 1 Kings 22:30, 1 Chronicles 2:24, Luke 7:46, Luke 20:20

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: JOAB, SIMPLICITY-DUPLICITY, TEKOAH
• Torrey’s: WIDOWS
• Nave’s: ABSALOM, ANOINTING, DAVID, DISHONESTY, INTERCESSION, JOAB, KINDNESS, MOURNING, TACT, TEKOAH

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