King James Version
2 Samuel 14:27 in the King James Version says “And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenan...” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.”
2 Samuel 14:27 · KJV
But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. But: Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“there were born”
H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
“And unto Absalom”
H53abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite
“sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“whose name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“countenance”
H4758a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks),
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