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WithוְאֶתAbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםwentהָלְכוּtwo hundredמָאתַיִםmenאִישׁfrom Jerusalem,מִירוּשָׁלִַםinvited;קְרֻאִיםthey wentוְהֹלְכִיםin their integrityלְתֻמָּםand did notוְלֹאknowיָדְעוּanything.כָּל דָּבָר
2 Samuel 15:11
Study it in the app“With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem, invited; they went in their integrity and did not know anything.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:11, word by word
- 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- wentהָלְכוּhalchu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halchu” appears- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- invitedקְרֻאִיםkeruim
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “keruim” appears- in their integrityתֻמָּtuma
simplicity
To act without malice or any particular intention.
Where else “tuma” appears- knowיָדְעוּyadu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadu” appears- anythingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears
Translation note
“In their integrity”: in good faith, without suspecting anything.
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
10Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “When you hear the sound of the horn, then say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron.’”
11 · This verse (above)
12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.