Study it in the app“Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Now then, let me see the face of the king; and if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death.””
AbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJoab,יוֹאָב“Look,הִנֵּהI sentשָׁלַחְתִּיto you,אֵלֶיךָsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Comeבֹּאhere,הֵנָּהso that I may sendוְאֶשְׁלְחָהyouאֹתְךָtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְto say,לֵאמֹר“Whyלָמָּהhave I comeבָּאתִיfrom Geshur?מִגְּשׁוּרIt would be betterטוֹבfor meלִיif I wereאֲנִיstillעֹדthere.”’שָׁםNow then,וְעַתָּהlet me seeאֶרְאֶהthe faceפְּנֵיof the king;הַמֶּלֶךְand ifוְאִםthere isיֶשׁiniquityעָוֺןin me,בִּיlet him put me to death.”וֶהֱמִתָנִי
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJoab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachti” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsGeshur
Geshur: a small kingdom northeast of the Sea of Chinnereth.
Where else “geshur” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hemita” appears31Joab got up and came to Absalom at the house and said to him, “Why have your servants set the plot that is mine on fire?”
32 · This verse (above)
33Joab came to the king and told him, and he called for Absalom. He came to the king and bowed down to him on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
