Parallel Strong's Berean Study Biblea wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.” Young's Literal Translation And a wise woman calleth out of the city, ‘Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.’ King James Bible 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. Hebrew a wiseחֲכָמָ֖ה (ḥă·ḵā·māh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2450: Wise woman אִשָּׁ֥ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female called out וַתִּקְרָ֛א (wat·tiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the city, הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement “Listen! שִׁמְע֤וּ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently Listen! שִׁמְעוּ֙ (šim·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently Please נָ֣א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' tell אִמְרוּ־ (’im·rū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say Joab יוֹאָ֔ב (yō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites to come קְרַ֣ב (qə·raḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 7126: To come near, approach here הֵ֔נָּה (hên·nāh) Adverb Strong's 2008: Hither, thither so that I may speak וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה (wa·’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue with him.” אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to |