2 Samuel

2 Samuel 13:23

²³Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Two years later	לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם	liš·nā·ṯa·yim	Preposition-l; Noun - fd	H8141 year
when Absalom’s	לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם	lə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H53 Abshalom
sheepshearers	גֹֽזְזִים֙	ḡō·zə·zîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H1494 shear
were	וַֽיְהִי֙	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
at Baal-hazor	חָצ֖וֹר	ḥā·ṣō·wr	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1178 Baal-Chatsor
near	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
Ephraim	אֶפְרָ֑יִם	’ep̄·rā·yim	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H669 Ephraim
invited	וַיִּקְרָ֥א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the sons	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
of the king	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.