2 Samuel 18:18
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נָצַב
nâtsab
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
זֵכֶר
zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
עַמּוּד
ʻammûwd
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָצַב nâtsab
to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Study H5324 →זֵכֶר zêker
a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
Study H2143 →אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Study H53 →אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm
Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Study H53 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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