Study it in the app“Look, now he is hidden in one of the pits or in one of the places; and it will be, when some fall among them at the first, that whoever hears will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow after Absalom.’”
Look,הִנֵּהnowעַתָּהheהוּאis hiddenנֶחְבָּאin oneבְּאַחַתof the pitsהַפְּחָתִיםorאוֹin oneבְּאַחַדof the places;הַמְּקוֹמֹתand it will be,וְהָיָהwhen some fallכִּנְפֹלamong themבָּהֶםat the first,בַּתְּחִלָּהthat whoever hearsוְשָׁמַע הַשֹּׁמֵעַwill say,וְאָמַר‘There has beenהָיְתָהa slaughterמַגֵּפָהamong the peopleבָּעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרfollow afterאַחֲרֵיAbsalom.’אַבְשָׁלֹם
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nechba” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearspit
Pit, hole; sometimes one dug to trap animals. Also a hollow where someone can hide (2 Samuel 17:9). In the prophets it is an image of a danger with no escape.
Where else “pechatim” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomot” appearshappen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsfall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “nefol” appearsbeginning
Beginning, start; "at first".
Where else “techila” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsslaughter
A defeat in battle.
Where else “magefa” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” 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” appears8And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and he will not spend the night with the people.
9 · This verse (above)
10And even he, the valiant man whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and valiant men are those who are with him.
