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!”
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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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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּרְגַּ֣ז | vai.yir.Gaz | and he was agitated | H7264 → |
| הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | the king | H4428 → |
| וַיַּ֛עַל | vai.Ya.'al | and he went up | H5927 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | to | H5921 → |
| עֲלִיַּ֥ת | 'a.li.Yat | [the] upper room of | H5944 → |
| הַשַּׁ֖עַר | ha.Sha.'ar | the gate | H8179 → |
| וַיֵּ֑בְךְּ | vai.Ye.vek | and he wept | H1058 → |
| וְכֹ֣ה׀ | ve.Khoh | and thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| בְּלֶכְתּ֗וֹ | be.lekh.To | when went he | H1980 → |
| בְּנִ֤י | be.Ni | O son my | H1121 → |
| אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ | 'av.sha.lOm | Absalom | H53 → |
| בְּנִ֣י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| בְנִ֣י | ve.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | 'av.sha.Lom | Absalom | H53 → |
| מִֽי־ | mi- | who? | H4310 → |
| יִתֵּ֤ן | yi.Ten | will he give | H5414 → |
| מוּתִי֙ | mu.Ti | died I | H4191 → |
| אֲנִ֣י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| תַחְתֶּ֔יךָ | tach.Tei.kha | in place of you | H8478 → |
| אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם | 'av.sha.Lom | O Absalom | H53 → |
| בְּנִ֥י | be.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
| בְנִֽי׃ | ve.Ni | son my | H1121 → |
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