2Sa 14:2 | NETfull | STEP | So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.

2 Samuel 14:2

2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ^{▼▼ The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.} and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ^{▼▼ Heb “these many days.”}