2 Samuel 13:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.

Young's Literal Translation
And Amnon hath distress—even to become sick, because of Tamar his sister, for she [is] a virgin, and it is hard in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.

King James Bible
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she [was] a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

Hebrew
Amnon
לְאַמְנ֜וֹן (lə·’am·nō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 550: Amnon -- 'faithful', two Israelites

was sick
לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹת (lə·hiṯ·ḥal·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2470: To be weak or sick

with frustration
וַיֵּ֨צֶר (way·yê·ṣer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3334: Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed

over
בַּֽעֲבוּר֙ (ba·‘ă·ḇūr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that

his sister
אֲחֹת֔וֹ (’ă·ḥō·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

Tamar,
תָּמָ֣ר (tā·mār)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8559: Tamar -- daughter-in-law of Judah, also two Israelite women, also a place South of the Dead Sea

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she
הִ֑יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

was a virgin,
בְתוּלָ֖ה (ḇə·ṯū·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1330: A virgin, sometimes, a bride

and it seemed
בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

implausible
וַיִּפָּלֵא֙ (way·yip·pā·lê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful

for [him]
אַמְנ֔וֹן (’am·nō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 550: Amnon -- 'faithful', two Israelites

to do
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

anything
מְאֽוּמָה׃ (mə·’ū·māh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3972: A speck, point, nothing

to her.
לָ֖הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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