2 Samuel 16:22 Lexicon: So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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NASB Lexicon

NASB ©	Hebrew	Strong's	Origin
So they pitched	וַיַּטּ֧וּ (vai·yat·tu)	5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend	a prim. root
a tent	הָאֹ֖הֶל (ha·'o·hel)	168: a tent	from an unused word
for Absalom	לְאַבְשָׁלֹ֛ום (le·'av·sha·lo·vm)	53: "my father is peace," two Isr.	from ab and shalom
on the roof,	הַגָּ֑ג (hag·gag;)	1406: a roof, a top	of uncertain derivation
and Absalom	אַבְשָׁלֹום֙ (av·sha·lo·vm)	53: "my father is peace," two Isr.	from ab and shalom
went	וַיָּבֹ֤א (vai·ya·vo)	935: to come in, come, go in, go	a prim. root
in to his father's	אָבִ֔יו (a·viv,)	1: father	from an unused word
concubines	פִּֽלַגְשֵׁ֣י (pi·lag·shei)	6370: concubine	perhaps of foreign origin
in the sight	לְעֵינֵ֖י (le·'ei·nei)	5869: an eye	of uncertain derivation
of all	כָּל־ (kol-)	3605: the whole, all	from kalal
Israel.	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yis·ra·'el.)	3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.	from sarah and el

KJV Lexicon

So they spread
natah (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.

Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (ab-ee-shaw-lome')
father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite -- Abishalom, Absalom.

a tent
'ohel (o'-hel)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) -- covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.

upon the top of the house
gag (gawg)
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar -- roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).

and Absalom
'Abiyshalowm (ab-ee-shaw-lome')
father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite -- Abishalom, Absalom.

went in
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

unto his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.

concubines
piylegesh (pee-leh'-ghesh)
a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour -- concubine, paramour.

in the sight
`ayin (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

of all Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

King James Bible
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

International Standard Version
So they erected a tent for Absalom on the palace roof and Absalom went in and had sex with his father's mistresses right in front of all Israel.

NET Bible
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had sex with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So a tent was put up on the roof for Absalom, and he slept with his father's concubines in plain sight of Israel.

King James 2000 Bible
So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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