2 Samuel 18:17
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.”
מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
גָּדוֹל
great
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גָּדוֹל
Great, large, elder. Gadol. God is gadol and greatly to be praised. His greatness is beyond all measure and beyond all comparison.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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עַל
over/ him
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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גַּל
a heap of
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גַּל
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
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נוּס
they fled
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נוּס
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
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