Allוְכָלthe landהָאָרֶץwas weepingבּוֹכִיםwith a loudגָּדוֹלvoiceקוֹלas allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםcrossed over;עֹבְרִיםand the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְcrossed overעֹבֵרthe wadiבְּנַחַלKidron,קִדְרוֹןand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםcrossed overעֹבְרִיםtowardעַל פְּנֵיthe roadדֶרֶךְof the wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּר
2 Samuel 15:23
Study it in the app“All the land was weeping with a loud voice as all the people crossed over; and the king crossed over the wadi Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the road of the wilderness.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:23, word by word
- the landאָרֶץarets
people
The people who live on the earth.
Where else “arets” appears- was weepingבּוֹכִיםbochim
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “bochim” appears- with a loudגָּדוֹלgadol
loud
Very intense: a mighty cry, great fear.
Where else “gadol” appears- voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- crossed overעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- and the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- the wadiנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Kidronקִדְרוֹןkidron
Kidron
See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appears- towardפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the roadדֶרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears
Places in this verse
Kidron
Today: Kidron Valley (Wadi en-Nar), Jerusalem
The valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, east of the city.
David crossed it as he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 15:23). Good kings burned idolatrous objects there (2 Kgs 23:4).
The context
22David said to Ittai, “Go and cross over.” So Ittai the Gittite crossed over, and all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
23 · This verse (above)
24And there was Zadok too, and all the Levites with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of Elohim; and they set down the ark of Elohim, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had finished crossing over from the city.