Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 7971 [e] וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח way-yiš-laḥ And sent Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3097 [e] יוֹאָב֙ yō-w-’āḇ Joab N-proper-ms 8620 [e] תְּק֔וֹעָה tə-qō-w-‘āh, to Tekoa N-proper-fs | 3fs 3947 [e] וַיִּקַּ֥ח way-yiq-qaḥ and brought Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 8033 [e] מִשָּׁ֖ם miš-šām from there Prep-m | Adv 802 [e] אִשָּׁ֣ה ’iš-šāh a woman N-fs 2450 [e] חֲכָמָ֑ה ḥă-ḵā-māh; wise Adj-fs 559 [e] וַיֹּ֣אמֶר way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 413 [e] אֵ֠לֶיהָ ’ê-le-hā to her Prep | 3fs 56 [e] הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־ hiṯ-’ab-bə-lî- pretend to be a mourner V-Hitpael-Imp-fs 4994 [e] נָ֞א nā please Interjection 3847 [e] וְלִבְשִׁי־ wə-liḇ-šî- and put on Conj-w | V-Qal-Imp-fs 4994 [e] נָ֣א nā now Interjection 899 [e] בִגְדֵי־ ḇiḡ-ḏê- apparel N-mpc 60 [e] אֵ֗בֶל ’ê-ḇel, mourning N-ms 408 [e] וְאַל־ wə-’al- and not Conj-w | Adv 5480 [e] תָּס֙וּכִי֙ tā-sū-ḵî do anoint yourself V-Qal-Imperf-2fs 8081 [e] שֶׁ֔מֶן še-men, with oil N-ms 1961 [e] וְהָיִ֕ית wə-hā-yîṯ but act Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-2fs 802 [e] כְּאִשָּׁ֗ה kə-’iš-šāh, like a woman Prep-k | N-fs 2088 [e] זֶ֚ה zeh this [is] Pro-ms 3117 [e] יָמִ֣ים yā-mîm a time N-mp 7227 [e] רַבִּ֔ים rab-bîm, long Adj-mp 56 [e] מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶת miṯ-’ab-be-leṯ who has been mourning V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-fs 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- for Prep 4191 [e] מֵֽת׃ mêṯ. the dead V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms

New American Standard Bible
So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

King James Bible
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a clever woman from there. He told her, "Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don't put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

to Tekoah Tekoah was a city of Judah, situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. Josephus says it was not far from the castle of Herodium. and Jerome (Prologue to Amos) says it stood on a hill six miles south from Bethlehem. Dr. Poccocke places it at the same distance; and says there are still considerable ruins on the top of a hill, which is about half a mile long a furlong broad.

2 Chronicles 11:6 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,

2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness …

Nehemiah 3:5,27 And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not …

Jeremiah 6:1 O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the …

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he …

Tekoa
mourning

2 Samuel 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, …

Ruth 3:3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your raiment on …

Psalm 104:15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face …

Ecclesiastes 9:8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment.

Matthew 6:17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

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