King James Version

2 Samuel 13:11

And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.

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וַתַּגֵּ֥שׁvatageshand bringנָגַשׁconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bring”, the next action in the storyH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.אֵלָ֖יוelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).לֶֽאֱכֹ֑לleekholto eatאָכַלpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to eat”, the to-form of the verbH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וַיַּֽחֲזֶקvayachazeqand be constantחָזַקconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be constant”, the next action in the storyH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…בָּהּ֙bahinבָּהּ֙preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…לָ֔הּlahtoלָ֔הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “to”toבּ֛וֹאִיboito comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to come”, a commandH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…שִׁכְבִ֥יshikhvilieשָׁכַבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “lie”, a commandH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.עִמִּ֖יimiwithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).אֲחוֹתִֽיachotisisterאָחוֹתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “sister”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH269a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)(an-) other, sister, together.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her: 'Come lie with me, my sister.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

Young’s Literal Translation

and she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, 'Come, lie with me, my sister.'

World English Bible

When she had brought them near to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, “Come, lie with me, my sister!”

Darby Translation

And she presented them to him to eat; and he took hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

Douay-Rheims

And when she had presented him the meat, he took hold of her, and said: Come lie with me, my sister.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her: 'Come lie with me, my sister.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And she brought them to him to eat, and he caught hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ προσήγαγεν αὐτῷ τοῦ φαγεῖν, καὶ ἐπελάβετο αὐτῆς, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, δεῦρο, κοιμήθητι μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἀδελφή μου.