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2 Samuel 13:38

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹםveavshalomand Abishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Abishalom”H53Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later IsraeliteAbishalom, Absalom.בָּרַ֖חbarachfleeבָּרַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flee”, a completed actionH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…גְּשׁ֑וּרgeshurGeshurגְּשׁוּרnoun, proper name — “Geshur”H1650Geshur, a district of SyriaGeshur, Geshurite.וַיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שָׁ֖םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.שָׁלֹ֥שׁshaloshthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).שָׁנִֽיםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Absalom hath fled, and goeth to Geshur, and is there three years;

World English Bible

So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Darby Translation

Now Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Douay-Rheims

And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Abessalom fled, and departed to Gedsur, and was there three years.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γεδσοὺρ, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἔτη τρία.

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