2 Samuel 13:12
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She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.

Genesis 34:7
Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

Leviticus 20:17
If any man take his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and see her nakedness, and she behold her brother's shame: they have committed a crime. They shall be slain, in the sight of their people, because they have discovered one another's nakedness. And they shall bear their iniquity.

Deuteronomy 22:21
They shall cast her out of the doors of her father's house, and the men of the city shall stone her to death, and she shall die: because she hath done a wicked thing in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee.

Judges 19:23
And the old man went out to them, and said: Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly: because this man is come into my lodging, and cease I pray you from this folly.

Judges 20:6
And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.

Jeremiah 29:23
Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.

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She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.

force me [heb] humble me

Genesis 34:2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

Deuteronomy 22:29 He that lay with her shall give to the father of the maid fifty sicles of silver, and shall have her to wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all the days of his life.

Leviticus 18:9,11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother: whether born at home or abroad. . . .

Leviticus 20:17 If any man take his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and see her nakedness, and she behold her brother's shame: they have committed a crime. They shall be slain, in the sight of their people, because they have discovered one another's nakedness. And they shall bear their iniquity.

folly

Genesis 34:7 Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

Judges 19:23 And the old man went out to them, and said: Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly: because this man is come into my lodging, and cease I pray you from this folly.

Judges 20:6 And I took her and cut her in pieces, and sent the parts into all the borders of your possession: because there never was so heinous a crime, and so great an abomination committed in Israel.

Proverbs 5:22,23 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. . . .

Proverbs 7:7 Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house,

Context
Amnon and Tamar
11And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister. 12She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly.13For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee.…
Lexicon
“No,
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

my brother!”
אָחִי֙ (’ā·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

she cried.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

humiliate me,
תְּעַנֵּ֔נִי (tə·‘an·nê·nî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

such
כֵ֖ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3651: So -- thus

a thing should never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be done
יֵֽעָשֶׂ֥ה (yê·‘ā·śeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

in Israel.
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

do
תַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה (ta·‘ă·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this
הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

disgraceful thing!
הַנְּבָלָ֥ה (han·nə·ḇā·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5039: Foolishness, wickedness, a crime, punishment


Additional Translations
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly.

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

And she said to him, Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it ought not to be so done in Israel; do not this folly.

And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy.

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this folly.

And she saith to him, 'Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly.
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