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So Absalomוְאַבְשָׁלוֹםfledבָּרַחand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Geshur,גְּשׁוּרand he wasוַיְהִיthereשָׁםthreeשָׁלֹשׁyears.שָׁנִים
2 Samuel 13:38
Study it in the app“So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and he was there three years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 13:38, word by word
- So Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםavshalom
Absalom
Absalom: third son of David, born of Maacah; he rebelled against his father (2 Samuel 13–18). The name, also written in a longer form (Abishalom), means "father of peace"; it is borne also by the father of Maacah, Rehoboam's wife.
Where else “avshalom” appears- fledבָּרַחbarach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “barach” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Geshurגְּשׁוּרgeshur
Geshur
Geshur: a small kingdom northeast of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Where else “geshur” appears- and he wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנִיםshanim
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appears
The context
37Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
38 · This verse (above)
39King David longed to go out to Absalom, for he had been comforted about Amnon, that he was dead.