38 So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 2 Samuel 13:38. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם בָּרַ֖ח וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ גְּשׁ֑וּר וַיְהִי־שָׁ֖ם שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃
וְאַבְשָׁל֥וֹם
בָּרַ֖ח
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
וַיְהִי
Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported
Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.
Καὶ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Γεδσοὺρ, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἔτη τρία.
Καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
Ἀβεσσαλὼμ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- Ἀβεσσαλώμ
- Transliteration
- Abessalom
- Morphology
- proper noun, indeclinable
- Gloss
- Absalom
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Absalom.
- Occurrences
- 113
ἀπέδρα
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- ἀπέδρα
- Transliteration
- apedra
- Morphology
- nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 14
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἐπορεύθη
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- πορεύομαι
- Transliteration
- eporeuthe
- Morphology
- verb, aorist passive/deponent indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it went
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To go, travel, journey, or walk.
- Occurrences
- 631
εἰς
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- εἰς
- Transliteration
- eis
- Morphology
- preposition with accusative
- Gloss
- into, to, for
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- Preposition commonly taking the accusative.
- Occurrences
- 6787
Γεδσοὺρ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium
- Confidence note
- Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
- Lemma
- Γεδσοὺρ
- Transliteration
- gedsoyr
- Morphology
- proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
- Gloss
- Γεδσοὺρ
- Part of Speech
- proper noun
- Definition
- Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 4
καὶ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- καί
- Transliteration
- kai
- Morphology
- coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also, even
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Coordinating conjunction.
- Strong's
- G2532
- Occurrences
- 56730
ἦν
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- εἰμί
- Transliteration
- en
- Morphology
- verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular
- Gloss
- he/she/it was
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Definition
- To be or exist.
- Strong's
- G1510
- Occurrences
- 5427
ἐκεῖ
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἐκεῖ
- Transliteration
- ekei
- Morphology
- adverb
- Gloss
- there
- Part of Speech
- adverb
- Definition
- There, in that place.
- Occurrences
- 751
ἔτη
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- ἔτος
- Transliteration
- ete
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative plural
- Gloss
- years
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Year.
- Occurrences
- 657
τρία
- Status
- Rule-aligned morphology
- Confidence
- medium high
- Confidence note
- Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
- Lemma
- τρεῖς
- Transliteration
- treis
- Morphology
- numeral, nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
- Gloss
- three
- Part of Speech
- numeral
- Definition
- Three.
- Occurrences
- 299
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܘܐܒܫܠܘܡ ܥܪܩ ܘܐܙܠ ܠܓܫܘܪ ܘܗܘܐ ܬܡܢ ܬܠܬ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ
ܘܐܒܫܠܘܡ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܒܫܠܘܡ
- Transliteration
- w'bshlwm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 9
ܥܪܩ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܥܪܩ
- Transliteration
- 'rq
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 23
ܘܐܙܠ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܐܙܠ
- Transliteration
- w'zl
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 191
ܠܓܫܘܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܓܫܘܪ
- Transliteration
- lgshwr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 2
ܘܗܘܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- whw'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 367
ܬܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܡܢ
- Transliteration
- tmn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 459
ܬܠܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܠܬ
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 59
ܫ̈ܢܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܫܢܝܢ
- Transliteration
- shnyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 272
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם עֲרַק וַאֲזַל לִגְשׁוּר וַהֲוָה תַמָן תְּלַת שְׁנִין׃
וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אבשלום
- Transliteration
- w'bshlwm
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 109
עֲרַק
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- ערק
- Transliteration
- 'rq
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 28
וַאֲזַל
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אזל
- Transliteration
- w'zl
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root אזל
- Gloss
- and went, departed
- Occurrences
- 220
לִגְשׁוּר
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- גשור
- Transliteration
- lgshwr
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 7
וַהֲוָה
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- הוה
- Transliteration
- whwh
- Morphology
- prefixed conjunction ו + verbal root הוה
- Gloss
- and was, became, happened
- Occurrences
- 1114
תַמָן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תמן
- Transliteration
- tmn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 618
תְּלַת
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תלת
- Transliteration
- tlt
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 149
שְׁנִין׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שנין
- Transliteration
- shnyn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 295
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Absalom autem cum fugisset, et venisset in Gessur, fuit ibi tribus annis.
Absalom
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Absalum
- Transliteration
- Absalom
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: proper noun
- Occurrences
- 9
autem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- autem
- Transliteration
- autem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 5069
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
fugisset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- fugio
- Transliteration
- fugisset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 351
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
venisset
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- venisset
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
in
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- in
- Transliteration
- in
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Gloss
- in
- Part of Speech
- preposition
- Definition
- in, into, among, on
- Etymology
- Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
- Occurrences
- 22264
Gessur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- Gessus
- Transliteration
- Gessur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 6
fuit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- fuit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
ibi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ibi
- Transliteration
- ibi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 517
tribus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tres
- Transliteration
- tribus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: numeral
- Occurrences
- 502
annis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- annus
- Transliteration
- annis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 831
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
2 Samuel 15:8
For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.’”
2 relevance votes2 Samuel 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
2 relevance votes2 Samuel 14:32
Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore, let me see the king’s face; and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”’”
2 relevance votes