Study it in the app“They took Absalom and threw him into the forest, into the great pit, and they raised over him a very great heap of stones; and all Israel fled, each to his tents.”
They tookוַיִּקְחוּAbsalomאַבְשָׁלוֹםand threwוַיַּשְׁלִיכוּhimאֹתוֹinto the forest,בַיַּעַרintoאֶלthe greatהַגָּדוֹלpit,הַפַּחַתand they raisedוַיַּצִּבוּover himעָלָיוa veryמְאֹדgreatגָּדוֹלheapגַּלof stones;אֲבָנִיםand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלfled,נָסוּeachאִישׁto his tents.לְאֹהָלָיו
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” 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” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appearsforest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” 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 “pachat” appearsset up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “yatsivu” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsheap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “gal” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” 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” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalay” appears16Joab blew the horn, and the people turned back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab held back the people.
17 · This verse (above)
18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the standing stone that is in the Valley of the King, for he said, “I have no son to cause people to remember my name.” He called the standing stone by his own name, and it is called “Absalom’s Monument” to this day.
