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2 Samuel 19:11
“And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H53 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
- Derivation
- or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ; from H1 (אָב) and H7965 (שָׁלוֹם); father of peace (i.e. friendly);
- KJV renderings
- Abishalom, Absalom.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 111 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 3:32 Samuel 13:12 Samuel 13:42 Samuel 13:202 Samuel 13:20
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 אֲבִישָׁלוֹם here.
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.