Study it in the app“In all Israel there was no man as handsome as Absalom, to be praised so greatly; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.”
In allבְּכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלthere wasהָיָהnoלֹאmanאִישׁas handsomeיָפֶהas Absalom,וּכְאַבְשָׁלוֹםto be praisedלְהַלֵּלso greatly;מְאֹדfrom the soleמִכַּףof his footרַגְלוֹtoוְעַדthe crown of his headקָדְקֳדוֹthere wasהָיָהnoלֹאdefectמוּםin him.בוֹ
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsbeautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafe” appearsAbsalom
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” appearspraise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “halel” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearssole
The underside of the foot, with which one treads.
Where else “kaf” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragl” appearscrown of the head
Crown of the head, the top of the head.
Where else “kadkod” appearsblemish
A flaw in the body that mars it or makes it unfit.
Where else “mum” appears24The king said, “Let him turn aside to his house, and my face he shall not see.” So Absalom turned aside to his house, and the face of the king he did not see.
25 · This verse (above)
26When he shaved his head —and it was at the end of every year that he shaved it, for it was heavy on him, and he shaved it —he weighed the hair of his head: two hundred shekels by the weight of the king.
