2 Samuel 17:18

“But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down there.”

2 Samuel 17:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Samuel 17:18, word by word

But a young manנַעַרnaar

boy

A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.

Where else “naar” appears
sawיַּרְאyar

see

To see with one's eyes.

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and toldיַּגֵּדyaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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Absalomאַבְשָׁלֹםavshalom

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.

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So the two of themשְׁנֵיshene

both

The two together, both of them.

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wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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quicklyמְהֵרָהmehera

haste, quickly

Haste; as an adverb, "quickly."

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and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the houseבֵּיתbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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of a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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in Bahurimבַחוּרִיםvachurim

Bahurim

Bahurim: a town of Benjamin, east of Jerusalem, on the road toward the Jordan.

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a wellבְאֵרveer

well

A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.

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in his courtyardחֲצֵרchatser

court

An enclosed open space, like the temple's.

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and they went downיֵּרְדוּyerdu

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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The context

17Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel; a slave girl would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David; for they could not be seen coming into the city.

18 · This verse (above)

19The woman took and spread the covering over the mouth of the well and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known.

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