Study it in the app“Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the horn, then say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron.’””
Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםsentוַיִּשְׁלַחspiesמְרַגְּלִיםthroughout allבְּכָלthe tribesשִׁבְטֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“When you hearכְּשָׁמְעֲכֶםthe soundקוֹלof the horn,הַשֹּׁפָרthen say,וַאֲמַרְתֶּם‘Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםreignsמָלַךְin Hebron.’”בְּחֶבְרוֹן
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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsspy
To go through a land secretly to learn about it; the scouts.
Where else “meraglim” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” appearsIsrael
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearssound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appearsHebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he got up and went to Hebron.
10 · This verse (above)
11With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, invited; they went in their integrity and did not know anything.
