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 and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please have my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of pastries in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.” 7Then David sent a messenger to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.” So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house, and he was lying in bed. And she took dough, kneaded it, made pastries in his sight, and baked the pastries. 9Then she took the tray and served them to him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Have everyone leave me.” So everyone left him. 10Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into the bedroom, so that I may eat from your hand.” So Tamar took the pastries which she had made and brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon.

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

• So Tamarתָּמָרtâmâr · TamarH8559
• wentהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to her brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• Amnon’sאַמְנוֹן'amnôn 'ămîynôn · AmnonH550
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and he was lyingשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• And she tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• doughבָּצֵקbâtsêq · doughH1217
• kneadedלוּשׁlûsh · to kneadH3888
• madeלִבֵּבlâbab · to bakeH3823
• in his sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• and bakedבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
• the pastriesלְבִבָהlâbîybâh 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
• Bread
• Deception
• Lasciviousness
• Princesses
• Rape
• Seduction
• Tamar

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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