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2 Samuel 13:8
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she took: Dr. Russell says, "The Eastern ladies often wash their own hands, prepare cakes, pastry, etc. in their apartments; and some few particular dishes are cooked by themselves, but not in their apartments: on such occasions, they go to some room near the kitchen."
flour: or, paste
and made cakes: Rather, as Mr. Parkhurst renders, "and tossed it (wattelabbaiv) in his sight, and dressed the tossed cakes (halleveevoth)." This will receive illustration from the account which Mr. Jackson gives of the Arabian manner of kneading and baking. "They have a small place built with clay, between two and three feet high, having a hole at the bottom for the convenience of drawing out the ashes, something similar to that of a brick-kiln. The oven is usually about fifteen inches wide at top, and gradually grows wider to the bottom. It is heated with wood; and when sufficiently hot, and perfectly clear from smoke, having nothing but clear embers at bottom, which continue to reflect great heat, they prepare the dough in a large bowl, and mould the cakes to the desired size on a board or stone placed near the oven. After they have kneaded the cake to a proper consistency, they pat it a little, then toss it about with great dexterity in one hand till it is as thin as they choose to make it. They then wet one side of it with water, at the same time wetting the hand and arm with which they put it into the oven." 2 Samuel 13:8
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:22 - General 1 Chronicles 15:1 - houses
Cross-References
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Abram was very rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)
And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold.
Forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun of siluer and of gold.
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house,.... In obedience to the king's commands, and in affection to her brother, with an innocent breast, having no suspicion of any design upon her chastity:
(and he was laid down); upon a couch or bed in his chamber, as being sick as was pretended, into which she was introduced:
and she took flour, and kneaded [it]; made it into a paste:
and made cakes in his sight; a kind of fritters of them, as in the Talmud y:
and did bake the cakes: or fried them in a frying pan, in oil.
y T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 21. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Make me cakes ... a pan - The words here used occur nowhere else, and the etymology is doubtful. Some particular kind of cake or pudding is meant 2 Samuel 13:8, called a לביבה lābı̂ybâh; according to some, it was, from its etymology, shaped like a heart.
2 Samuel 13:9
The dish into which she poured the לביבה lābı̂ybâh was doubtless borne to him by one of the servants into the chamber where he lay, and from which, the doors being open, he could see the outer room where Tamar prepared the meat.
