2 Samuel 18:9 Hebrew Word Analysis

0metוַיִּקָּרֵא֙h7122
5And Absalomוְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹםh53
2the servantsלִפְנֵ֖יh6440
3עַבְדֵ֣יh5650
4of Davidדָוִ֑דh1732
5And Absalomוְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹםh53
6rodeרֹכֵ֣בh7392
7עַלh5921
23and the muleוְהַפֶּ֥רֶדh6505
9wentוַיָּבֹ֣אh935
23and the muleוְהַפֶּ֥רֶדh6505
11תַּ֣חַתh8478
12under the thick boughsשׂוֹבֶךְ֩h7730
17oakבָֽאֵלָ֗הh424
14of a greatהַגְּדוֹלָ֜הh1419
15caught holdוַיֶּֽחֱזַ֧קh2388
16and his headרֹאשׁ֣וֹh7218
17oakבָֽאֵלָ֗הh424
18and he was taken upוַיֻּתַּן֙h5414
19בֵּ֤יןh996
20between the heavenהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙h8064
21וּבֵ֣יןh996
22and the earthהָאָ֔רֶץh776
23and the muleוְהַפֶּ֥רֶדh6505
24אֲשֶׁרh834
25תַּחְתָּ֖יוh8478
26that was under him went awayעָבָֽר׃h5674

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught in the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Webster's Bible (WBT)

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was suspended between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

World English Bible (WEB)

Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that `is' under him hath passed on.