What Does 2 Samuel 13:25 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And the king”

a king

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to Absalom”

abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

“Nay my son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“lest we be chargeable”

to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“unto thee And he pressed”

to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“him howbeit he would”

to breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“but blessed”

to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as