2 Samuel 18:18
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.”
שֵׁם
Name, character, reputation. Shem. Not just a label but the full character of a person. The name of the LORD is a strong tower. Run to it.
בֵּן
a son
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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זָכַר
to cause to be remembered
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זָכַר
to cause to be remembered
To remember, to be mindful. Zakar. What is man that You are mindful of him? God thinks about you. That is the miracle.
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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יָד
the monument of
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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מַצֶּבֶת
a pillar
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מַצֶּבֶת
something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of atree
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לָקַח
he had taken
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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