2 Samuel 14:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּ לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ שְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֔ים וּבַ֥ת אַחַ֖ת וּשְׁמָ֣הּ תָּמָ֑ר הִ֣יא הָיְתָ֔ה אִשָּׁ֖ה יְפַ֥ת מַרְאֶֽה׃ פ

Transliteration

wayyiwwālədû to-ʾAvšālôm three bānîm and-bat one and-šəmāh Tāmār she hāyətāh ʾiššâ yəpat marʾeh

Grammar Details

*wayyiwwālədû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they were born
*ləʾAvšālôm*: preposition prefix + proper name - to Absalom
*bānîm*: masculine plural noun - sons
*bat*: feminine singular construct noun - daughter
*ʾaḥat*: feminine singular numeral - one
*ušəmāh*: waw-conjunction + noun with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her name
*Tāmār*: proper name - Tamar
*hî*: 3rd person feminine singular independent pronoun - she
*hāyətāh*: Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she was/became
*ʾiššâ*: feminine singular noun - woman
*yəpat*: construct form of feminine adjective - beautiful of
*marʾeh*: masculine singular noun - appearance

Word Meanings

*wayyiwwālədû*: and were born/and they bore
*yəpat marʾeh*: beautiful of appearance/beautiful to look upon/of beautiful appearance

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 18:18 : 18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
2 Sam 13:1 : 1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
Job 18:16-19 : 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Isa 14:22 : 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
Jer 22:30 : 30 Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

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2 Sam 13:1-2
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1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
2And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
1 Chr 3:9
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9These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
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1Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
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18And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
20And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
21But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
22And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
24And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
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23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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25But 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.
26And when he polled his head,(for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
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32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
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2And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
2 Sam 13:4
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2 Sam 13:37-39
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24Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
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3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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1 Kgs 15:2
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2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
2 Sam 14:33
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2 Sam 19:4
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20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.