2 Samuel 13:7
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Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Ammon, and make him a mess.

Context
Amnon and Tamar
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. 7Then David sent home to Thamar, saying: Come to the house of thy brother Ammon, and make him a mess.8And Thamar came to the house of Ammon her brother: but he was laid down: and she took meal and tempered it: and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes.…
Cross References
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.

2 Samuel 13:8
And Thamar came to the house of Ammon her brother: but he was laid down: and she took meal and tempered it: and dissolving it in his sight she made little messes.

Lexicon
Then David
דָּוִ֛ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

word to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Tamar
תָּמָ֖ר (tā·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

at the palace:
הַבַּ֣יְתָה (hab·bay·ṯāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

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

go
לְכִ֣י (lə·ḵî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to the house
בֵּ֚ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of Amnon
אַמְנ֣וֹן (’am·nō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 550: Amnon -- 'faithful', two Israelites

your brother
אָחִ֔יךְ (’ā·ḥîḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, )

and prepare
וַעֲשִׂי־ (wa·‘ă·śî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

a meal
הַבִּרְיָֽה׃ (hab·bir·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1279: Food

for him.”
ל֖וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

And David sent to Themar to the house, saying, Go now to thy brother's house, and dress him food.

And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go, I pray thee, to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress meat for him.

Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him."

And David sendeth unto Tamar, to the house, saying, 'Go, I pray thee, to the house of Amnon thy brother, and make for him food.'
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