וַיֹּ֣אמֶר declared , way·yō·mer לֹא־ “ I am not lō- אֹחִ֣ילָה going to wait ’ō·ḥî·lāh כֵ֖ן like this ḵên לְפָנֶ֑יךָ with you ! ” lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā וַיִּקַּח֩ And he took way·yiq·qaḥ שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה three šə·lō·šāh שְׁבָטִ֜ים spears šə·ḇā·ṭîm בְּכַפּ֗וֹ in his hand bə·ḵap·pōw וַיִּתְקָעֵם֙ and thrust them way·yiṯ·qā·‘êm בְּלֵ֣ב through the heart bə·lêḇ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם of Absalom ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ while he was still ‘ō·w·ḏen·nū חַ֖י alive ḥay בְּלֵ֥ב . . . bə·lêḇ הָאֵלָֽה׃ in the oak tree . hā·’ê·lāh 2 Samuel 18:15 עֲשָׂרָ֣ה And ten ‘ă·śā·rāh נְעָרִ֔ים young men nə·‘ā·rîm נֹשְׂאֵ֖י who carried nō·śə·’ê יוֹאָ֑ב Joab’s yō·w·’āḇ כְּלֵ֣י armor kə·lê וַיָּסֹ֙בּוּ֙ surrounded way·yā·sōb·bū אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם Absalom , ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm וַיַּכּ֥וּ struck way·yak·kū אֶת־ him , ’eṯ- וַיְמִיתֻֽהוּ׃ and killed him . way·mî·ṯu·hū 2 Samuel 18:16 יוֹאָב֙ Then Joab yō·w·’āḇ וַיִּתְקַ֤ע blew way·yiṯ·qa‘ בַּשֹּׁפָ֔ר the ram’s horn , baš·šō·p̄ār הָעָ֔ם and the troops hā·‘ām וַיָּ֣שָׁב broke off way·yā·šāḇ מִרְדֹ֖ף their pursuit mir·ḏōp̄ אַחֲרֵ֣י . . . ’a·ḥă·rê יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl כִּֽי־ because kî- יוֹאָ֖ב Joab yō·w·’āḇ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- חָשַׂ֥ךְ had restrained them ḥā·śaḵ הָעָֽם׃ . . . . hā·‘ām 2 Samuel 18:17 וַיִּקְח֣וּ They took way·yiq·ḥū אֶת־ - ’eṯ- אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם Absalom , ’aḇ·šā·lō·wm וַיַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ cast way·yaš·lî·ḵū אֹת֤וֹ him ’ō·ṯōw אֶל־ into ’el- הַגָּד֔וֹל a large hag·gā·ḏō·wl הַפַּ֣חַת pit hap·pa·ḥaṯ בַיַּ֙עַר֙ in the forest , ḇay·ya·‘ar וַיַּצִּ֧בוּ and piled way·yaṣ·ṣi·ḇū גָּד֣וֹל a huge gā·ḏō·wl מְאֹ֑ד . . . mə·’ōḏ גַּל־ mound gal- אֲבָנִ֖ים of stones ’ă·ḇā·nîm עָלָ֛יו over him . ‘ā·lāw וְכָל־ Meanwhile, all wə·ḵāl יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל the Israelites yiś·rā·’êl נָ֖סוּ fled , nā·sū אִ֥ישׁ each ’îš לְאָהֳלוֹ׃ס to his home . lə·ʾå̄·ho·lō 2 Samuel 18:18 בְחַיָּו During his lifetime ḇə·ḥay·yå̄w אֶת־ - , ’eṯ- וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם Absalom wə·’aḇ·šā·lōm לָקַ֗ח . . . lā·qaḥ וַיַּצֶּב־ had set up way·yaṣ·ṣeḇ- ל֤וֹ for himself lōw מַצֶּ֙בֶת֙ a pillar maṣ·ṣe·ḇeṯ אֲשֶׁ֣ר - ’ă·šer הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ in the King’s ham·me·leḵ בְּעֵֽמֶק־ Valley , bə·‘ê·meq- כִּ֤י for kî אָמַר֙ he had said , ’ā·mar אֵֽין־ “ I have no ’ên- לִ֣י . . . lî בֵ֔ן son ḇên בַּעֲב֖וּר to ba·‘ă·ḇūr הַזְכִּ֣יר preserve the memory haz·kîr שְׁמִ֑י of my name . ” šə·mî וַיִּקְרָ֤א So he gave way·yiq·rā לַמַּצֶּ֙בֶת֙ the pillar lam·maṣ·ṣe·ḇeṯ עַל־ . . . ‘al- שְׁמ֔וֹ his name , šə·mōw עַ֖ד and to ‘aḏ הַזֶּֽה׃ס this haz·zeh הַיּ֥וֹם day hay·yō·wm וַיִּקָּ֤רֵא it is called way·yiq·qā·rê לָהּ֙ . . . lāh אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם Absalom’s ’aḇ·šā·lōm יַ֣ד Monument . yaḏ

