Study it in the app“When David came to the summit, where he used to bow down there to Elohim, there to meet him came Hushai the Archite, with his tunic torn and earth on his head.”
WhenוַיְהִיDavidדָוִדcameבָּאtoעַדthe summit,הָרֹאשׁwhereאֲשֶׁרhe used to bow downיִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהthereשָׁםto Elohim,לֵאלֹהִיםthereוְהִנֵּהto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹcame Hushaiחוּשַׁיthe Archite,הָאַרְכִּיwith his tunicכֻּתָּנְתּוֹtornקָרוּעַand earthוַאֲדָמָהonעַלhis head.רֹאשׁוֹ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachave” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsHushai
Hushai: the Archite, David's companion, who pretended to serve Absalom in order to undo Ahithophel's counsel (2 Samuel 15–17). Baana, Solomon's officer, is called son of Hushai (1 Kings 4:16).
Where else “chushay” appearsArchite
Archite: a clan that lived on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin; Hushai, David's friend, belonged to it (2 Samuel 15:32).
Where else “arki” appearstunic, robe
Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.
Where else “kutant” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “karua” appearssoil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears31David was told, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “Please, YHWH, turn into folly the counsel of Ahithophel.”
32 · This verse (above)
33David said to him, “If you cross over with me, you will be a burden to me.
