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It was toldוַיֻּגַּדto Joab,לְיוֹאָב“Look,הִנֵּהthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְis weepingבֹּכֶהand mourningוַיִּתְאַבֵּלforעַלAbsalom.”אַבְשָׁלֹם
2 Samuel 19:1
Study it in the app“It was told to Joab, “Look, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 19:1, word by word
- It was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- to 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- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is weepingבֹּכֶהboche
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “boche” appears- and mourningיִּתְאַבֵּלyitabel
mourn
Mourn, grieve for the dead.
Where else “yitabel” 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
Translation note
In the Hebrew numbering this verse is 19:2; the whole chapter runs one verse behind the Hebrew.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2So the salvation on that day became mourning for all the people, for the people heard on that day, saying, “The king is grieved for his son.”