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2 Samuel 14:26

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But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.	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 unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when he polled^H1548 his head^H7218,(for it was at every year's^{H3117 H3117} end^H7093 that he polled^H1548 it: because the hair was heavy^H3513 on him, therefore he polled^H1548 it:) he weighed^H8254 the hair^H8181 of his head^H7218 at two hundred^H3967 shekels^H8255 after the king's^H4428 weight^H68.

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Original Hebrew

וּבְגַלְּחֹו אֶת־רֹאשֹׁו וְהָיָה מִקֵּץ יָמִים ׀ לַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר יְגַלֵּחַ כִּי־כָבֵד עָלָיו וְגִלְּחֹו וְשָׁקַל אֶת־שְׂעַר רֹאשֹׁו מָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וּֽ/בְ/גַלְּח/וֹ֮	u./ve./ga.le.Ch/o	H1548	HC/R/Vpc/Sp3ms	and/ when/ shaved/ he
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רֹאשׁ/וֹ֒	ro.Sh/o	H7218	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	head/ his
וְֽ֠/הָיָה	Ve./ha.yah	H1961	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it was
מִ/קֵּ֨ץ	mi./Ketz	H7093	HR/Ncmsc	from/ (the) end of
יָמִ֤ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
לַ/יָּמִים֙	la/i.ya.Mim	H3117	HRd/Ncmpa	to the/ days
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	when
יְגַלֵּ֔חַ	ye.ga.Le.ach	H1548	HVpi3ms	he shaved
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
כָבֵ֥ד	kha.Ved	H3513	HAamsa	(it was) heavy
עָלָ֖י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	on/ him
וְ/גִלְּח֑/וֹ	ve./gi.le.Ch/o	H1548	HC/Vpq3ms/Sp3ms	and/ he shaved/ it
וְ/שָׁקַל֙	ve./sha.Kal	H8254	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he weighed
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׂעַ֣ר	se.'Ar	H8181	HNcmsc	(the) hair of
רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ	ro.Sh/o	H7218	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	head/ his
מָאתַ֥יִם	ma.Ta.yim	H3967	HAcbda	two hundred
שְׁקָלִ֖ים	she.ka.Lim	H8255	HNcmpa	shekels
בְּ/אֶ֥בֶן	be./'E.ven	H68	HR/Ncfsc	by/ (the) weight of
הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ	ha./Me.lekh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
• H1548 — גָּלַח (gâlach, gaw-lakh'): a primitive root; properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste; poll, shave (off).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3513 — כָּבַד (kâbad, kaw-bad'): or כָּבֵד; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses); abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, [idiom] more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H7093 — קֵץ (qêts, kates): contracted from קָצַץ; an extremity; adverbially (with prepositional prefix) after; [phrase] after, (utmost) border, end, (in-) finite, [idiom] process.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H8181 — שֵׂעָר (sêʻâr, say-awr'): or שַׂעַר; (Isaiah 7:20), from שָׂעַר in the sense of dishevelling; hair (as if tossed or bristling); hair(-y), [idiom] rough.
• H8254 — שָׁקַל (shâqal, shaw-kal'): a primitive root; to suspend or poise (especially in trade); pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
• H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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