2 Samuel 13:23

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיְהִי֙ לִשְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֤וּ גֹֽזְזִים֙ לְאַבְשָׁל֔וֹם בְּבַ֥עַל חָצ֖וֹר אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִם־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֥א אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-yəhî for-šənātayim yāmîm wə-yihyû gōzəzîm to-ʾAbšālôm in-Baʿal Ḥāṣôr which with-ʾEprāyim wə-yiqrāʾ ʾAbšālôm to-all-bənê the-melek

Grammar Details

• *wə-yəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
• *šənātayim*: dual noun - two years
• *yāmîm*: masculine plural noun - days
• *wə-yihyû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and there were
• *gōzəzîm*: Qal participle masculine plural - shearers
• *ʾAbšālôm*: proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom
• *Baʿal* *Ḥāṣôr*: proper noun, place name - Baal Hazor
• *ʾEprāyim*: proper noun - Ephraim
• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct noun - sons of
• *melek*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the king

Word Meanings

• *wə-yəhî*: and it happened/and it came to pass
• *šənātayim*: two years/a two-year period
• *yāmîm*: days/time
• *gōzəzîm*: shearers/sheep-shearers
• *wə-yiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he invited

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 25:4 : 4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
• Gen 38:12-13 : 12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
• 1 Sam 25:2 : 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
• 1 Sam 25:7 : 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
• 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
• 1 Kgs 1:9 : 9 And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
• 1 Kgs 1:19 : 19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
• 1 Kgs 1:25 : 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
• 2 Kgs 3:4 : 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
• 2 Chr 26:10 : 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.