2 Samuel 15:30
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
מַעֲלֶה
maʻăleh
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
זַיִת
zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
בְּכִי
Bᵉkîy
a weeping; by analogy, a dripping
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
זַיִת zayith
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
Study H2132 →מַעֲלֶה maʻăleh
an elevation, i.e. (concretely) acclivity or platform; abstractly (the relation or state) a rise or (figuratively) priority
Study H4608 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Study H7218 →Cross References
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had...
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and...
And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
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