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A certainאֶחָדmanאִישׁsaw itוַיַּרְאand toldוַיַּגֵּדJoab,לְיוֹאָבand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהI sawרָאִיתִיAbsalomאַבְשָׁלֹםhangingתָּלוּיin the oak.”בָּאֵלָה
2 Samuel 18:10
Study it in the app“A certain man saw it and told Joab, and said, “Look, I saw Absalom hanging in the oak.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 18:10, word by word
- A certainאֶחָדechad
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- saw itיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” appears- and toldיַּגֵּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- Joabיוֹאָבyoav
Joab
Joab: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Zeruiah and nephew of David, commander of his army (2 Samuel 2:13). It means "YHWH is father."
Where else “yoav” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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.
Where else “avshalom” appears- hangingתָּלוּיtaluy
hang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “taluy” appears- in the oakאֵלָהela
great tree, terebinth
A large, strong tree: an oak or terebinth.
Where else “ela” appears
The context
9Absalom happened to be before the servants of David. Absalom was riding on the mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of the great oak, and his head caught fast in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth, while the mule that was under him went on.
10 · This verse (above)
11Joab said to the man who told him, “And look, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there and bring him to the ground? And it would have been for me to give you ten shekels of silver and one belt.”