2 Samuel 13:8

2 Samuel 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
• New International Version (NIV)So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made the bread in his sight and baked it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

Context of 2 Samuel 13:8

6So Amnon lay down on his bed. He pretended that he was ill. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in here. I want her to cook some little cakes while I watch her. Then she can feed me herself.’ 7David sent a message to Tamar in the palace. He told her, ‘Go to your brother Amnon's house. Prepare some food for him to eat there.’ So Tamar went to Amnon's house. He was lying down on his bed. She took some flour and water and she mixed them together. She made the cakes while he watched her. Then she baked them. 9Then she put the cakes on a plate and she put them in front of him. But he refused to eat them. Instead, Amnon said, ‘Everyone must go out and leave me alone here.’ So everyone left him alone with Tamar. 10Then Amnon said to Tamar, ‘Bring the food here into my bedroom. Then you can use your own hand to feed me.’ So Tamar took the cakes that she had made. She brought them to Amnon in his bedroom.

2 Samuel 13:8 word by word

וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ תָּמָ֗ר בֵּ֛ית אַמְנ֥וֹן אָחִ֖יהָ וְה֣וּא שֹׁכֵ֑ב וַתִּקַּ֨ח אֶת־הַבָּצֵ֤ק וַתָּ֙לָשׁ֙ וַתְּלַבֵּ֣ב לְעֵינָ֔יו וַתְּבַשֵּׁ֖ל אֶת־הַלְּבִבֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to her brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Amnon’sאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and he was laid downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• And she tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• flourבָּצֵקbâtsêq · doughH1217
• and kneadedלוּשׁlûsh · to kneadH3888
• and made cakesלִבֵּבlâbab · to bakeH3823
• in his sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• and did bakeבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
• the cakesלְבִבָהlâbîybâh lebibâh · cakeH3834

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Make me cakes … a pan - The words here used occur nowhere else, and the etymology is doubtful. Some particular kind of cake or pudding is meant 2 Samuel 13:8, called a לביבה lābı̂ybâh according to some, it was, from its etymology, shaped like a heart. 2 Samuel 13:9 The dish into which she poured the לביבה lābı̂ybâh was doubtless borne to him by one of the servants into the chamber where he lay, and from which, the doors being open, he could…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. Amnon lay down, and made himself sick--The Orientals are great adepts in feigning sickness, whenever they have any object to accomplish. let Tamar my sister come and make me a couple of cakes--To the king Amnon spoke of Tamar as "his sister," a term artfully designed to hoodwink his father; and the request appeared so natural, the delicate appetite of a sick man requiring to be humored, that the king promised to send her. The cakes seem to have been…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 13:8

• Adultery
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• Seduction
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings