2 Samuel 14:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹם לֹא־הָיָ֧ה אִישׁ־יָפֶ֛ה בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַלֵּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד מִכַּ֤ף רַגְלוֹ֙ וְעַ֣ד קָדְקֳד֔וֹ לֹא־הָ֥יָה ב֖וֹ מֽוּם׃

Transliteration

And-like-ʾAbšālôm not-hāyāh ʾîš-yāpeh in-all-Yiśrāʾēl to-hallēl məʾōd; from-kap raglô and-until qodqodô not-hāyāh in-him mûm.

Grammar Details

*ʾAbšālôm*: proper name - Absalom
*hāyāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was/existed
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
*yāpeh*: adjective, masculine singular - handsome/beautiful
*Yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
*hallēl*: Piel infinitive construct - to praise
*məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly
*kap*: construct state of feminine singular noun - sole of
*raglô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his foot
*qodqodô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his crown/scalp
*mûm*: masculine singular noun - blemish/defect

Word Meanings

*yāpeh*: handsome/beautiful/good-looking
*hallēl*: to praise/commend/boast
*kap*: sole/palm/hand
*mûm*: blemish/defect/spot

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:35 : 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Job 2:7 : 7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Isa 1:6 : 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Matt 23:27 : 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Eph 5:27 : 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Prov 31:30 : 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
1 Sam 9:2 : 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

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