2 Samuel 13:5
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And Jonadab said to him: Lie down upon thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father shall come to visit thee, say to him: Let my sister Thamar, I pray thee, come to me, to give me to eat, and to make me a mess, that I may eat it at her hand.

Lay thee

2 Samuel 16:21-23 And Achitophel said to Absalom: Go in to the concubines of thy father, whom he hath left to keep the house: that when all Israel shall hear that thou hast disgraced thy father, their hands may be strengthened with thee. . . .

2 Samuel 17:1-4 And Achitophel said to Absalom: I will choose me twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night. . . .

Psalm 50:18,19 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker. . . .

Proverbs 19:27 Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.

Mark 6:24,25 Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist. . . .

Acts 23:15 Now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if you meant to know something more certain touching him. And we, before he come near, are ready to kill him.

Context
Amnon and Tamar
4And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom. 5And Jonadab said to him: Lie down upon thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father shall come to visit thee, say to him: Let my sister Thamar, I pray thee, come to me, to give me to eat, and to make me a mess, that I may eat it at her hand.6So Ammon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Ammon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:4
And he said to him: Why dost thou grow so lean from day to day, O son of the king? why dost thou not tell me the reason of it? And Ammon said to him: I am in love with Thamar the sister of my brother Absalom.

2 Samuel 13:6
So Ammon lay down, and made as if he were sick: and when the king came to visit him, Ammon said to the king: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and make in my sight two little messes, that I may eat at her hand.

Lexicon
Jonadab
יְה֣וֹנָדָ֔ב (yə·hō·w·nā·ḏāḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3082: Jonadab -- 'the LORD is noble', a Rechabite, also a nephew of David

told
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

him,
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Lie down
שְׁכַ֥ב (šə·ḵaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7901: To lie down

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your bed
מִשְׁכָּבְךָ֖ (miš·kā·ḇə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying

and pretend you are ill.
וְהִתְחָ֑ל (wə·hiṯ·ḥāl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2470: To be weak or sick

When your father
אָבִ֣יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

comes
וּבָ֧א (ū·ḇā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to see you,
לִרְאוֹתֶ֗ךָ (lir·’ō·w·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

say
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to him,
אֵלָ֡יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

‘Please
נָא֩ (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let my sister
אֲחוֹתִ֜י (’ă·ḥō·w·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: Sister -- a sister

Tamar
תָמָ֨ר (ṯā·mār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8559: Tamar -- daughter-in-law of Judah, also two Israelite women, also a place South of the Dead Sea

come
תָּ֣בֹא (tā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and give me something
וְתַבְרֵ֣נִי (wə·ṯaḇ·rê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1262: To select, to feed, to render clear

to eat.
לֶ֗חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

Let her prepare
וְעָשְׂתָ֤ה (wə·‘ā·śə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

[it]
הַבִּרְיָ֔ה (hab·bir·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1279: Food

in my sight
לְעֵינַי֙ (lə·‘ê·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

so
לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

I may watch her
אֶרְאֶ֔ה (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

and eat it
וְאָכַלְתִּ֖י (wə·’ā·ḵal·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

from her hand.��
מִיָּדָֽהּ׃ (mî·yā·ḏāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand


Additional Translations
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”And Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and make yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon thy bed, and make thyself sick, and thy father shall come in to see thee; and thou shalt say to him, Let, I pray thee, Themar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands.

And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee down on thy bed and feign thyself sick; and when thy father comes to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

And Jonadab said to him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

Jonadab said to him, "Lay down on your bed, and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, tell him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.'"

And Jonadab saith to him, 'Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, 'Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.'
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