2 Samuel 13:23 Go deeper
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And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons. (KJV)
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וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 1
לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִםlish.na.Ta.yimto two years
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 2
יָמִ֔יםya.Mimdays
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 3
וַיִּהְי֤וּvai.yih.Yuand they belonged
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 4
גֹֽזְזִים֙go.ze.Zimshearers
Lemma: גָּזַז (ga.zaz) · Strong's: H1494
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to shear
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 31:19, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:13, Deuteronomy 15:19, 1 Samuel 25:2, 1 Samuel 25:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1494; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 5
לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹםle.'av.sha.Lomto Absalom
Lemma: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (a.vi.sha.lom) · Strong's: H0053
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Absalom
Used 111 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 13:20, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0053; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 6
בְּבַ֥עַלbe.Va.'alat Baal
Lemma: בַּ֫עַל חָצוֹר (ba.al cha.tsor) · Strong's: H1178
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Baal-hazor
Used 2 times. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1178; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 7
חָצ֖וֹרcha.TzorHazor
Lemma: בַּ֫עַל חָצוֹר (ba.al cha.tsor) · Strong's: H1178
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Baal-hazor
Used 2 times. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1178; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 8
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 9
עִם\־'im-[is] near
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 10
אֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669L
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669L; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 11
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he invited
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 12
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalom
Lemma: אֲבִישָׁלוֹם (a.vi.sha.lom) · Strong's: H0053
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Absalom
Used 111 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:4, 2 Samuel 13:20, 2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0053; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 13
לְכָל\־le.khol<to> all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 14
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 15
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 13:23 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Two years later | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| . . . | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| . . . | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| when Absalom’s | → | אֲבִישָׁלוֹם H0053 Absalom |
| sheepshearers | → | גָּזַז H1494 to shear |
| were | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| at Baal-hazor | → | בַּ֫עַל חָצוֹר H1178 Baal-hazor |
| near | → | עִם H5973A with |
| Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669L Ephraim |
| [he] | → | אֲבִישָׁלוֹם H0053 Absalom |
| invited | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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