II Samuel 13:20 Jewish Thought: Dirshuni I

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֜יהָ אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אָחִ֗יהָ הַאֲמִינ֣וֹן אָחִיךְ֮ הָיָ֣ה עִמָּךְ֒ וְעַתָּ֞ה אֲחוֹתִ֤י הַחֲרִ֙ישִׁי֙ אָחִ֣יךְ ה֔וּא אַל־תָּשִׁ֥יתִי אֶת־לִבֵּ֖ךְ לַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַתֵּ֤שֶׁב תָּמָר֙ וְשֹׁ֣מֵמָ֔ה בֵּ֖ית אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם אָחִֽיהָ׃

And Absalom her brother said unto her: ‘Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now hold thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; take not this thing to heart.’ So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

Dirshuni I

The silence of Dinah stretches to the ends of the earth. And this is a cry that is in the heart. Two women were forced and their silence stretches to the ends of the earth: Dinah, and Tamar the sister of Amnon. By Tamar the verse says: "And she went her way crying, and Avshalom her brother said to her... my sister, be quiet, he is your brother - pay this thing no mind. And Tamar sat and was desolate." (II Samuel 13:19-20)
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