2 Samuel 18:9
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
דָּוִד
David
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דָּוִד
David. Beloved. The shepherd boy who became king. A man after God's own heart. God chooses the surrendered heart not the impressive resume.
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עֶבֶד
the servants of
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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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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תַּחַת
was under/ him
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תַּחַת
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
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רָכַב
was riding
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רָכַב
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
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שׂוֹבֶךְ
the branches of
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שׂוֹבֶךְ
a thicket, i.e. interlaced branches
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