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title: אַבְשָׁלֹום — Abishalom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְשָׁלֹום (53), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 109 times: Abishalom. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְשָׁלֹום

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«אַבְשָׁלֹום» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abishalom** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 109 times · **Key:** 53 · **BDB:** אֲבִישָׁלוֹם

### Glosses

Absalom (95); of.Absalom (13); O.Absalom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abishalom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/53/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/53/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my father is peace; according to LagBN 75 = (בֶּן)אֲבֶן + שָׁלֹם, cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεσσαλωμ)—א׳ †1 K 15:2, 10 = אַבְשָׁלוֹם 2 S 3:3 +, 2 Ch 11:20, 21, אַבְשָׁלֹם 2 S 13:4 +— Rehob.’s father-in-law †1 K 15:2, 10 2 Ch 11:20, 21. 3rd son of Dvd 2 S 3:3; 13:1 + 90 times 2 S (insert 2 S 13:27 𝔊 Th We cf. Dr; del. v 38 Dr cf. We), + †1 K 1:6; 2:7, 2 1 Ch 3:2 ψ 3:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְשָׁלֹום» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/53/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 17:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.26/)

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וַיִּ֤חַן יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם אֶ֖רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.encamped Israel and Absalom the.land of.(the) Gilead

*JPS 1917:* And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

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[2 Samuel 13:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.38/)

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וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and Absalom he.fled and he.went Geshur and he.was there three years

*JPS 1917:* So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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