Study it in the app“When 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.”
When he shavedוּבְגַלְּחוֹhis headרֹאשׁוֹ—and it wasוְהָיָהat the endמִקֵּץof every yearיָמִים לַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhe shaved it,יְגַלֵּחַforכִּיit was heavyכָבֵדon him,עָלָיוand he shaved itוְגִלְּחוֹ—he weighedוְשָׁקַלthe hairשְׂעַרof his head:רֹאשׁוֹtwo hundredמָאתַיִםshekelsשְׁקָלִיםby the weightבְּאֶבֶןof the king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
shave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “galch” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsend
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsbe heavy
To weigh much, like a burden.
Where else “chaved” appearsweigh
Weigh; pay by weighing out silver.
Where else “shakal” appearshair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appearsshekel
Shekel: a weight of about 11 grams. Since there were no coins, silver was weighed, so a shekel is also an amount of money.
Where else “shekalim” appearsweight
A piece of stone of fixed weight used to weigh on the scales.
Where else “even” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsTwo hundred shekels are about 2.3 kilograms.
25In 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman beautiful in appearance.
