2 Samuel 14:26
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And 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.And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
In other translations
And 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.And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
Hebrew words
וּבְגַלְּחוֹuvegalechoand when shaved heH1548אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218וְהָיָהvehayahand it wasH1961מִקֵּץmiketzfrom [the] end ofH7093יָמִים׀yamimdaysH3117לַיָּמִיםlaiyamimto the daysH3117אֲשֶׁר'asherwhenH834יְגַלֵּחַyegaleachhe shavedH1548כִּי־ki-forH3588כָבֵדkhaved[it was] heavyH3515עָלָיו'alavon himH5921וְגִלְּחוֹvegilechoand he shaved itH1548וְשָׁקַלveshakaland he weighedH8254אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שְׂעַרse'ar[the] hair ofH8181רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218מָאתַיִםmatayimtwo hundredH3967שְׁקָלִיםshekalimshekelsH8255בְּאֶבֶןbe'evenby [the] weight ofH68הַמֶּלֶךְ׃hamelekhthe kingH4428
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 44:20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
- 2 Samuel 18:9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?Doesn’t nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
- Ezekiel 45:9-149 Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord God. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.9 For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’ 10 You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both. 12 The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Isaiah 3:24And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
- Leviticus 19:36Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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