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Afterוַיְהִי מֵאַחֲרֵיthis,כֵןAbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםgotוַיַּעַשׂhimselfלוֹa chariotמֶרְכָּבָהand horses,וְסֻסִיםand fiftyוַחֲמִשִּׁיםmenאִישׁrunningרָצִיםbefore him.לְפָנָיו
2 Samuel 15:1
Study it in the app“After this, Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men running before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:1, word by word
- Afterיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- 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- gotיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- a chariotמֶרְכָּבָהmerkava
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “merkava” appears- and horsesסֻסִיםsusim
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “susim” appears- and fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchamishim
fifty
Fifty.
Where else “chamishim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- runningרָצִיםratsim
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ratsim” appears- before himפָנָיfanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Absalom would rise early and stand beside the road of the gate; and whenever any man who had a dispute to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”