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2 Samuel 18:33

The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”

BSB

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ASV

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

KJV

And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּרְגַּ֣זvai.yir.Gazand he was agitatedH7264
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַיַּ֛עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
עַל־'al-toH5921
עֲלִיַּ֥ת'a.li.Yat[the] upper room ofH5944
הַשַּׁ֖עַרha.Sha.'arthe gateH8179
וַיֵּ֑בְךְּvai.Ye.vekand he weptH1058
וְכֹ֣ה׀ve.Khohand thusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saidH559
בְּלֶכְתּ֗וֹbe.lekh.Towhen went heH1980
בְּנִ֤יbe.NiO son myH1121
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙'av.sha.lOmAbsalomH53
בְּנִ֣יbe.Nison myH1121
בְנִ֣יve.Nison myH1121
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם'av.sha.LomAbsalomH53
מִֽי־mi-who?H4310
יִתֵּ֤ןyi.Tenwill he giveH5414
מוּתִי֙mu.Tidied IH4191
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
תַחְתֶּ֔יךָtach.Tei.khain place of youH8478
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם'av.sha.LomO AbsalomH53
בְּנִ֥יbe.Nison myH1121
בְנִֽי׃ve.Nison myH1121

The walk

About 2 Samuel

The Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain