2 Samuel 20:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

a wise woman called out from the city, "Listen! Listen! Tell Joab to come here so I can speak to him."

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּקְרָ֛א אִשָּׁ֥ה חֲכָמָ֖ה מִן־הָעִ֑יר שִׁמְע֤וּ שִׁמְעוּ֙ אִמְרוּ־נָ֣א אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב קְרַ֣ב עַד־הֵ֔נָּה וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אֵלֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And qārāʾ ʾiššâ ḥăḵāmâ from-the-ʿîr: šāmaʿ, šāmaʿ, ʾāmar-please to-yôʾāv, qārav until-here and dāvar to-you.

Grammar Details

• *qārāʾ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - and she called
• *ʾiššâ*: noun, feminine singular - woman
• *ḥăḵāmâ*: adjective, feminine singular - wise
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *šāmaʿ*: qal imperative, masculine plural - hear
• *ʾāmar*: qal imperative, masculine plural - say
• *yôʾāv*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joab
• *qārav*: qal imperative, masculine singular - come near
• *dāvar*: piel imperfect cohortative, 1st common singular - let me speak
• to-you: 2nd masculine singular preposition suffix

Word Meanings

• *qārāʾ*: called/proclaimed/summoned
• *ʾiššâ*: woman/wife/female
• *ḥăḵāmâ*: wise/skilled/experienced
• *šāmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey
• *ʾāmar*: say/tell/speak
• *qārav*: come near/approach/draw near
• *dāvar*: speak/talk/say

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then a wise woman called out from the city, Listen, listen; please say to Joab, Come here, that I may speak with you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then cried there a wyse woma out of ye cite: Heare, heare, saye vnto Ioab that he come hither, I wyl speake with him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the citie, Heare, heare, I pray you, say vnto Ioab, Come thou hither, that I may speake with thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie, heare, heare, I pray you say vnto Ioab: Come hither that I may speake with thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then a wise woman cried out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  a wise woman called out from the city,“Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab,‘Come near so that I may speak to you.’”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 14:2 : 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, "Please act like you are in mourning. Put on mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil. Behave as if you have been mourning for the dead for a long time.
• Eccl 9:14-18 : 14 There was a small city with a few men in it, and a great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siegeworks around it. 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. 16 So I said, 'Wisdom is better than strength.' But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded. 17 The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• 1 Sam 25:3 : 3 The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
• 1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 David said to Abigail, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me. 33 Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.