Study it in the app“Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.””
AhithophelאֲחִיתֹפֶלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAbsalom,אַבְשָׁלֹם“Go inבּוֹאtoאֶלyour father’sאָבִיךָconcubines,פִּלַגְשֵׁיwhomאֲשֶׁרhe leftהִנִּיחַto keepלִשְׁמוֹרthe house;הַבָּיִתand allכָּלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill hearוְשָׁמַעthatכִּיyou have made yourself odiousנִבְאַשְׁתָּto your father,אֶת אָבִיךָand the handsוְ יְדֵיof allכָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרare with youאִתָּךְwill be strengthened.”חָזְקוּ
Ahithophel
Ahithophel, a counselor of David from Giloh who went over to Absalom in his rebellion (2 Samuel 15-17). His advice was held to be as sure as a word from God (2 Samuel 16:23).
Where else “achitofel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAbsalom
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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bo” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsconcubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilagshe” appearsleave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “hiniach” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shemor” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” 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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearsbecome odious
To become hateful to others.
Where else “nivashta” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yede” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “chazku” appears20Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel: what shall we do?”
21 · This verse (above)
22So they pitched for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the eyes of all Israel.
