2 Samuel 18:9
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.2 Samuel 18:9 in the real world
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- שׂוֹבֶךְsôwbeka thicket, i.e. interlaced branches
- אֵלָהʼêlâhan oak or other strong tree
- פֶּרֶדpereda mule (perhaps from his lonely habits)
- קָרָאqârâʼto encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner
- רָכַבrâkabto ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generall
- אֲבִישָׁלוֹםʼĂbîyshâlôwmAbshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
- חָזַקchâzaqto fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strength
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.