King James Version

2 Samuel 14:28

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

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וַיֵּ֧שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…אַבְשָׁל֛וֹםavshalomAbishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםnoun, proper name — “Abishalom”H53Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later IsraeliteAbishalom, Absalom.בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖םbirushalimin Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.שְׁנָתַ֣יִםshenatayimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, dual, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).יָמִ֑יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וּפְנֵ֥יufeneand a- foreפָּנִיםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “and a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…הַמֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…רָאָֽהraahseeרָאָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Absalom dwelleth in Jerusalem two years of days, and the face of the king he hath not seen;

World English Bible

Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face.

Darby Translation

So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face.

Douay-Rheims

And Absalom dwelt two years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκάθισεν Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ δύο ἔτη ἡμερῶν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως οὐκ εἶδε.