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So they pitchedוַיַּטּוּfor Absalomלְאַבְשָׁלוֹםthe tentהָאֹהֶלonעַלthe roof,הַגָּגand Absalomוַ אַבְשָׁלוֹםwent inיָּבֹאtoאֶלhis father’sאָבִיוconcubinesפִּלַגְשֵׁיin the eyesלְעֵינֵיof allכָּלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 16:22
Study it in the app“So they pitched for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the eyes of all Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 16:22, word by word
- So they pitchedיַּטּוּyatu
stretch out
To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.
Where else “yatu” appears- for 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- the tentאֹהֶלohel
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appears- the roofגָּגgag
roof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears- went inיָּבֹאyavo
go in to
To go in to a woman as husband.
Where else “yavo” appears- his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- concubinesפִּלַגְשֵׁיpilagshe
concubine
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” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” 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
Translation note
Compare what Nathan had announced to David (12:11-12).
The context
21Ahithophel 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.”
22 · This verse (above)
23The counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of Elohim; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel, both to David and to Absalom.