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Absalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםdidוַיַּעַשׂthis wayכַּדָּבָר הַזֶּהto allלְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרcameיָבֹאוּfor judgmentלַמִּשְׁפָּטtoאֶלthe king;הַמֶּלֶךְand Absalomוַ אַבְשָׁלוֹםstoleיְגַנֵּבthe heartלֵבof the menאַנְשֵׁיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 15:6
Study it in the app“Absalom did this way to all Israel who came for judgment to the king; and Absalom stole the heart of the men of Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:6, 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- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- this wayדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- cameיָבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- for judgmentמִּשְׁפָּטmishpat
judgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- stoleיְגַנֵּבyeganev
steal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “yeganev” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears
The context
5And whenever a man came near to bow down to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
6 · This verse (above)
7At the end of forty years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow that I vowed to YHWH, in Hebron.