| 2. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 14:2:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvayishlakhand he sent 2 Samuel 14:2:2 ⧉יוֹאָב֙yoavJoab 2 Samuel 14:2:3 ⧉תְּק֔וֹעָהtekoato Tekoa 2 Samuel 14:2:4 ⧉וַיִּקַּ֥חvayikkakhand he took 2 Samuel 14:2:5 ⧉מִשָּׁ֖םmishshamfrom there 2 Samuel 14:2:6 ⧉אִשָּׁ֣הishshaa woman 2 Samuel 14:2:7 ⧉חֲכָמָ֑הkhakhamawise 2 Samuel 14:2:8 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 2 Samuel 14:2:9 ⧉אֵ֠לֶיהָelehato her 2 Samuel 14:2:10 ⧉הִֽתְאַבְּלִי־נָ֞אhitavelinaplease mourn 2 Samuel 14:2:11 ⧉וְלִבְשִׁי־נָ֣אvelivshinaand please put on 2 Samuel 14:2:12 ⧉בִגְדֵי־אֵ֗בֶלvigdeevelgarments of mourning 2 Samuel 14:2:13 ⧉וְאַל־תָּס֙וּכִי֙vealtasukhiand do not anoint yourself 2 Samuel 14:2:14 ⧉שֶׁ֔מֶןshemenoil 2 Samuel 14:2:15 ⧉וְהָיִ֕יתvehayitand be 2 Samuel 14:2:16 ⧉כְּאִשָּׁ֗הkeishshalike a woman 2 Samuel 14:2:17 ⧉זֶ֚הzethis 2 Samuel 14:2:18 ⧉יָמִ֣יםyamimdays 2 Samuel 14:2:19 ⧉רַבִּ֔יםrabbimmany 2 Samuel 14:2:20 ⧉מִתְאַבֶּ֖לֶתmitabeletmourning 2 Samuel 14:2:21 ⧉עַל־מֵֽת׃almetover a dead person |
| 2. Formal Translation And Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman. He then said to her, “Please mourn and put on garments of mourning, do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned for many days for the dead.” |
| 2. Dynamic Translation So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said, “Pretend you are in mourning; put on mourning clothes; do not anoint yourself with oil; and act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead.” |