| 9. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 18:9:1 ⧉וַיִּקָּרֵא֙vayikkareand he happened to meet 2 Samuel 18:9:2 ⧉אַבְשָׁל֔וֹםavshalomAbsalom 2 Samuel 18:9:3 ⧉לִפְנֵ֖יlifnebefore 2 Samuel 18:9:4 ⧉עַבְדֵ֣יavdethe servants of 2 Samuel 18:9:5 ⧉דָוִ֑דdavidDavid 2 Samuel 18:9:6 ⧉וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹםveavshalomand Absalom 2 Samuel 18:9:7 ⧉רֹכֵ֣בrokhevriding 2 Samuel 18:9:8 ⧉עַל־הַפֶּ֗רֶדalhaperedon the mule 2 Samuel 18:9:9 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֣אvayavoand it came 2 Samuel 18:9:10 ⧉הַפֶּ֡רֶדhaperedthe mule 2 Samuel 18:9:11 ⧉תַּ֣חַתtakhatunder 2 Samuel 18:9:12 ⧉שֹׂבֶ֣ךְsovekthicket of 2 Samuel 18:9:13 ⧉הָאֵלָ֣הhaelathe terebinth 2 Samuel 18:9:14 ⧉הַגְּדוֹלָ֗הhagdolathe great 2 Samuel 18:9:15 ⧉וַיֶּחֱזַ֤קvayekhezakand caught fast 2 Samuel 18:9:16 ⧉רֹאשׁוֹ֙roshohis head 2 Samuel 18:9:17 ⧉בָּאֵלָ֔הbaelain the terebinth 2 Samuel 18:9:18 ⧉וַיִּתָּ֧ןvayittanand he was given 2 Samuel 18:9:19 ⧉בֵּֽיןbenbetween 2 Samuel 18:9:20 ⧉הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙hashamayimthe heavens 2 Samuel 18:9:21 ⧉וּבֵ֣יןuvenand between 2 Samuel 18:9:22 ⧉הָאָ֔רֶץhaaretsthe earth 2 Samuel 18:9:23 ⧉וְהַפֶּ֣רֶדvehaperedand the mule 2 Samuel 18:9:24 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּ֖יוashertakhtavwhich was under him 2 Samuel 18:9:25 ⧉עָבָֽר׃avarpassed on |
| 9. Formal Translation And it happened that Absalom came before the servants of David, and he was riding on a mule that went under the thick branches of a great oak. His head became caught in the oak, and he was left hanging between the heavens and the earth while the mule that was under him continued on its way. |
| 9. Dynamic Translation As Absalom approached David’s men, he rode his mule under the tangled branches of a huge oak, but his head became caught fast in the oak, leaving him dangling in midair while the mule ran off. |