2 Samuel 14:26
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
רֹאשׁ
head/ his
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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כָּבֵד
it was heavy
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כָּבֵד
heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
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יוֹם
days
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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גָּלַח
he shaved
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גָּלַח
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
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מֵאָה
two hundred
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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שֶׁקֶל
shekels
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שֶׁקֶל
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
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שֵׂעָר
the hair of
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שֵׂעָר
hair (as if tossed or bristling)
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