2 SAMUEL 15:7

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.”

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2 Samuel 15:7 Translation & Meaning

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And it came to pass וַיְהִ֕י To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) came pass
after מִקֵּ֖ץ An extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after after
forty אַרְבָּעִ֣ים Forty forty
years, שָׁנָ֑ה A year (as a revolution of time) years
that Absalom אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite Absalom
said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
the king, הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ A king king
I pray thee, נָּ֗א 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction pray
let me go אֵ֣לֲכָה To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) let go
and pay וַֽאֲשַׁלֵּ֛ם To be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications) pay
my vow, נִדְרִ֛י A promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised vow
which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
I have vowed נָדַ֥רְתִּי To promise (pos., to do or give something to God) vowed
unto the Lord, לַֽיהוָ֖ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
in Hebron. בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן׃ Chebron, a place in Palestine Hebron

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  • 5  And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.

  • 6  And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

  • 7  And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.

  • 8  For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

  • 9  And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.




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