Study it in the app“Joab 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.”
Joabיוֹאָבcameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand toldוַיַּגֶּדhim,לוֹand he calledוַיִּקְרָאforאֶלAbsalom.אַבְשָׁלוֹםHe cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto himלוֹonעַלhis faceאַפָּיוto the groundאַרְצָהbeforeלִפְנֵיthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְand the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְkissedיִּשַּׁקAbsalom.לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם
Joab
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” 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” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apay” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearskiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “yishak” appears32Absalom 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.”
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