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2 Samuel 13:34

“But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

בָּרַחbârach · baw-rakh'
H1272 · Hebrew

Definition: to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּבְרַ֖ח — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 65 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 16:6 Genesis 16:8 Genesis 27:43 Genesis 31:20 Genesis 31:21

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בָּרַח here.

Verse 33 Verse 35

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.