2 Samuel 18:17
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אֹהֶל
ʼôhel
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
Key Terms in This Verse
גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Study H53 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
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