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2 Samuel 17:20

And 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.

KJV

Cumque venissent servi Absalom in domum, ad mulierem dixerunt : Ubi est Achimaas et Jonathas ? Et respondit eis mulier : Transierunt festinanter, gustata paululum aqua. At hi qui quærebant, cum non reperissent, reversi sunt in Jerusalem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθαν οἱ παῖδες Ἀβεσσαλὼμ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ εἶπαν Ποῦ Ἀχειμὰς καὶ Ἰωναθάν; καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ἡ γυνή Παρῆλθαν μικρὸν τοῦ ὕδατος· καὶ ἐζήτησαν καὶ οὐχ εὗραν, καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ.

LXX

And Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל הָ/אִשָּׁ֜ה הַ/בַּ֗יְתָ/ה וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֨עַץ֙ וִ/יה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְ/לֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JonathanAbsalom

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחִימַ֣עַץ
'chym'ts
proper_noun · 13×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
'bshlvm
proper_noun · 111×
אַיֵּ֖ה
'yh
pronoun · 47×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן
yhvntn
proper_noun · 80×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִיכַ֣ל
mykl
noun · 1×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 1:19 — And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.