King James Version

2 Samuel 19:1

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

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In the Hebrew text this line is 2 Samuel 19:2.

וַיֻּגַּ֖דvayugadand bewrayנָגַדconjunction, verb, hophal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bewray”, the next action in the storyH5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praisebewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.לְיוֹאָ֑בleyoavto Joabיוֹאָבpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Joab”H3097Joab, the name of three IsraelitesJoab.הִנֵּ֨הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.הַמֶּ֧לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.בֹּכֶ֛הbokhehweepבָּכָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “weep”, a verb used as a describing wordH1058to weep; generally to bemoan[idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֖לvayitabeland lamentאָבַלconjunction, verb, hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lament”, the next action in the storyH56to bewaillament, mourn.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אַבְשָׁלֹֽםavshalomAbishalomאֲבִישָׁלוֹםnoun, proper name — “Abishalom”H53Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later IsraeliteAbishalom, Absalom.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(19-2) And it was told Joab: 'Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

Young’s Literal Translation

And it is declared to Joab, 'Lo, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom;'

World English Bible

Joab was told, “Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.”

Darby Translation

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

Douay-Rheims

And it was told Joab, that the king wept and mourned for his son:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(19-2) And it was told Joab: 'Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ Ἰωὰβ, λέγοντες, ἰδοῦ ὁ βασιλεὺς κλαίει καὶ πενθεῖ ἐπὶ Ἀβεσσαλώμ.