2 Samuel 20:16

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.

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

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 14:2 : 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
Eccl 9:14-18 : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
1 Sam 25:3 : 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

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17And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
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20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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