| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 15:1:1 ⧉וַֽיְהִי֙vayehiand it happened 2 Samuel 15:1:2 ⧉מֵאַ֣חֲרֵיmeakharefrom after 2 Samuel 15:1:3 ⧉כֵ֔ןkenthus 2 Samuel 15:1:4 ⧉וַיַּ֤עַשׂvayaasand he made 2 Samuel 15:1:5 ⧉לוֹ֙lofor himself or for him 2 Samuel 15:1:6 ⧉אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםavshalomAbsalom 2 Samuel 15:1:7 ⧉מֶרְכָּבָ֖הmerkavaa chariot 2 Samuel 15:1:8 ⧉וְסֻסִ֑יםvesusimand horses 2 Samuel 15:1:9 ⧉וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥יםvakhamishimand fifty 2 Samuel 15:1:10 ⧉אִ֖ישׁishmen or a man 2 Samuel 15:1:11 ⧉רָצִ֥יםratsimrunning 2 Samuel 15:1:12 ⧉לְפָנָֽיו׃lefanavbefore him |
| 1. Formal Translation And it came to pass after this, that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation Some time later, Absalom arranged for himself a chariot, horses, and fifty men to run before him. |