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2 Samuel 14:25-27

25Now in allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478there was noלֹא־lo'-H3808oneאִישׁ־'ish-H376as handsomeיָפֶ֛הya.PehH3303as Absalomוּכְאַבְשָׁל֗וֹםu.khe.'av.sha.LomH53,so highlyמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966praisedלְהַלֵּ֣לle.ha.LelH1984;from the soleמִכַּ֤ףmi.KafH3709of his footרַגְלוֹ֙rag.LoH7272to the topH6936ofH6936his headH6936there was noלֹא־lo'-H3808impairmentH4140in him.

26And when hecutוּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮u.ve.ga.le.ChoH1548the hair of his headרֹאשׁוֹ֒ro.ShoH7218(and it was at the endמִקֵּ֨ץmi.KetzH7093of every yearH3117that he cutיְגַלֵּ֔חַye.ga.Le.achH1548it,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588it was heavyכָבֵ֥דkha.VedH3515on him, so he cutוְגִלְּח֑וֹve.gi.le.ChoH1548it), he weighedוְשָׁקַל֙ve.sha.KalH8254the hairשְׂעַ֣רse.'ArH8181of his headרֹאשׁ֔וֹro.ShoH7218attwoמָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967shekelsשְׁקָלִ֖יםshe.ka.LimH8255by the king’sהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428weightבְּאֶ֥בֶןbe.'E.venH68.

27Andto Absalomלְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙le.'av.sha.lOmH53there were bornוַיִּֽוָּלְד֤וּvai.yi.val.DuH3205threeשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣הshe.lo.ShahH7969sonsבָנִ֔יםva.NimH1121,and oneאַחַ֖ת'a.ChatH259daughterוּבַ֥תu.VatH1323whose nameוּשְׁמָ֣הּu.she.MahH8034wasTamarתָּמָ֑רta.MarH8559;she was a womanאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802of beautifulיְפַ֥תye.FatH3303appearanceמַרְאֶֽה׃ פmar.'EhH4758.

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