Hebrew Interlinear

2 Samuel 18:17 Interlinear

And they took Absalom and cast in the wood pit great and laid heap of stones great a very upon him and all Israel fled every one to his tent

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקְח֣וּH3947And they tookto take (in the widest variety of applications)
2אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3אַבְשָׁל֗וֹםH53Absalomabshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
4וַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּH7993and castto throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
5אֹת֤וֹH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6בַיַּ֙עַר֙H3293in the wooda copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
7אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
8הַפַּ֣חַתH6354pita pit, especially for catching animals
9גָּד֣וֹלH1419greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
10וַיַּצִּ֧בוּH5324and laidto station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
11עָלָ֛יוH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
12גַּלH1530heapsomething rolled, i.e., a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
13אֲבָנִ֖יםH68of stonesa stone
14גָּד֣וֹלH1419greatgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
15מְאֹ֑דH3966a veryproperly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
16וְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
17יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478upon him and all Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
18נָ֖סוּH5127fledto flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
19אִ֥ישׁH376every onea 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)
20לְאֹֽהָלָֽו׃H168to his tenta tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

Verse Context

2 Samuel 18:16blew And Joab the trumpet returned and the people from pursuing...
2 Samuel 18:17 (current)And they took Absalom and cast in the wood pit great and laid heap of stones great a very upon him and all Israel fled every one to his tent
2 Samuel 18:18Absalom's had taken and reared up in his lifetime ...

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