2 Samuel 18:9
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And 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.
In other translations
And 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.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקָּרֵאvaiyikare'and he was metH7122אַבְשָׁלוֹם'avshalomAbsalomH53לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650דָוִדdavidDavidH1732וְאַבְשָׁלוֹםve'avshalomand AbsalomH53רֹכֵבrokhev[was] ridingH7392עַל־'al-onH5921הַפֶּרֶדhaperedthe muleH6505וַיָּבֹאvaiyavo'and it wentH935הַפֶּרֶדhaperedthe muleH6505תַּחַתtachatunderH8478שׂוֹבֶךְsoekh[the] branche[s] ofH7730הָאֵלָהha'elahthe oakH424הַגְּדוֹלָהhagedolah<the> greatH1419וַיֶּחֱזַקvaiyechezakand it was firmH2388רֹאשׁוֹroshohead hisH7218בָאֵלָהva'elahin the oakH424וַיֻּתַּןvaiyutanand he was putH5414בֵּיןbeinbetweenH996הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וּבֵיןuveinand betweenH996הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776וְהַפֶּרֶדvehaperedand the muleH6505אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834תַּחְתָּיוtachtav[was] under himH8478עָבָר׃'avarit passed onH5674
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