When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”2 Samuel 18:10
Original language and places
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Original language (Hebrew)
וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם תָּל֖וּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃
- וַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'“and he saw”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
- אִ֣ישׁ'ish“a man”Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from אִישׁ · “man” · Strong's H0376G
- אֶחָ֔ד'e.Chad“one”Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֶחָד · “one” · Strong's H0259
- וַיַּגֵּ֖דvai.ya.Ged“and he told”Conjunction + Verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from נָגַד · “to tell” · Strong's H5046
- לְיוֹאָ֑בle.yo.'Av“to Joab”Preposition + Noun, proper name of a man · from יוֹאָב · “Joab” · Strong's H3097G
- וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.mer“and he said”Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
- הִנֵּה֙hi.Neh“there!”Particle, interjection · from הִנֵּה · “behold” · Strong's H2009
- רָאִ֣יתִיra.'I.ti“I saw”Verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
- אֶת־'et-“<obj.>”Particle, direct object marker · from אֵת · “[Obj.]” · Strong's H0853
- אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם'av.sha.Lom“Absalom”Noun, proper name of a man · from אֲבִישָׁלוֹם · “Absalom” · Strong's H0053
- תָּל֖וּיta.Lui“hung up”Verb, qal, participle (passive), masculine, singular, absolute · from תָּלָה · “to hang” · Strong's H8518
- בָּאֵלָֽה׃ba.'e.Lah“in the oak”Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֵלָה · “oak” · Strong's H0424
- Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)