TBESH · H9023
הוּ · hu · his
Personal possessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular
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הוּ (hu) means “his” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: hu STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
הוּ · hu · his
Personal possessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 3rd person masculine singular
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Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”
Read word by wordAnd Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
Read word by wordAnd he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”
Read word by wordNow Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Read word by wordSo Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
Read word by wordThen the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.
Read word by wordBut Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
Read word by wordSo now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
Read word by wordAnd as he finished speaking, the sons of the king came in, wailing loudly. Then the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
Read word by wordNow Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
Read word by wordNow the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
Read word by wordBut the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
Read word by wordNow therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
Read word by wordFor the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
Read word by wordJoab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”
Read word by wordBut the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
Read word by wordNow there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
Read word by wordAnd when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Read word by wordSo Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.
Read word by wordSome time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
Read word by wordAlso, when anyone approached to bow down to him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
Read word by wordWhile Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.
Read word by wordAnd David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
Read word by wordThen the king set out, and his entire household followed him. But he left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.
Read word by wordSo the king set out with all the people following him. He stopped at the last house,
Read word by wordand all his servants marched past him—all the Cherethites and Pelethites, and six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath.
Read word by word“March on then,” said David to Ittai. So Ittai the Gittite marched past with all his men and all the little ones who were with him.
Read word by wordThen the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
Read word by wordBut if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
Read word by wordBut David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
Read word by wordWhen David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
Read word by wordAs King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
Read word by wordHe threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.
Read word by wordThen Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
Read word by wordThen David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
Read word by wordPerhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
Read word by wordSo David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
Read word by wordFurthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
Read word by wordSo they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”
Read word by wordSo Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”
Read word by wordHe continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
Read word by wordThen even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
Read word by wordBut a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
Read word by wordWhen Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
Read word by wordAbsalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
Read word by wordNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
Read word by wordBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
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