2 Samuel 14:26
And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
BSB
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ASV
And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king’s weight.
KJV
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ | u.ve.ga.le.Cho | and when shaved he | H1548 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| רֹאשׁוֹ֒ | ro.Sho | head his | H7218 → |
| וְֽ֠הָיָה | Ve.ha.yah | and it was | H1961 → |
| מִקֵּ֨ץ | mi.Ketz | from [the] end of | H7093 → |
| יָמִ֤ים׀ | ya.Mim | days | H3117 → |
| לַיָּמִים֙ | lai.ya.Mim | to the days | H3117 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | when | H834 → |
| יְגַלֵּ֔חַ | ye.ga.Le.ach | he shaved | H1548 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| כָבֵ֥ד | kha.Ved | [it was] heavy | H3515 → |
| עָלָ֖יו | 'a.Lav | on him | H5921 → |
| וְגִלְּח֑וֹ | ve.gi.le.Cho | and he shaved it | H1548 → |
| וְשָׁקַל֙ | ve.sha.Kal | and he weighed | H8254 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שְׂעַ֣ר | se.'Ar | [the] hair of | H8181 → |
| רֹאשׁ֔וֹ | ro.Sho | head his | H7218 → |
| מָאתַ֥יִם | ma.Ta.yim | two hundred | H3967 → |
| שְׁקָלִ֖ים | she.ka.Lim | shekels | H8255 → |
| בְּאֶ֥בֶן | be.'E.ven | by [the] weight of | H68 → |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
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