2 Samuel 18:10
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And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.

Context
Absalom Killed
9And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on. 10And one saw this and told Joab, saying: I saw Absalom hanging upon an oak.11And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and a belt?…
Cross References
Genesis 12:6
Abram passed through the country unto the place of Sichem, as far as the noble vale: now the Chanaanite was at that time in the land.

2 Samuel 18:9
And it happened that Absalom met the servants of David, riding on a mule: and as the mule went under a thick and large oak, his head stuck in the oak: and while he hung between the heaven and the earth, the mule on which he rode passed on.

2 Samuel 18:11
And Joab said to the man that told him: If thou sawest him, why didst thou not stab him to the ground, and I would have given thee ten sicles of silver, and a belt?

Lexicon
When one
אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

of the men
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

saw this,
וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

he told
וַיַּגֵּ֖ד (way·yag·gêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

Joab,
לְיוֹאָ֑ב (lə·yō·w·’āḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3097: Joab -- 'the LORD is father', three Israelites

“I just
הִנֵּה֙ (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

saw
רָאִ֣יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

Absalom
אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם (’aḇ·šā·lōm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

hanging
תָּל֖וּי (tā·lui)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8518: To suspend

in an oak tree!”
בָּאֵלָֽה׃ (bā·’ê·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 424: An oak, other strong tree


Additional Translations
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.

And a man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth.

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak.

A certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak."

And one man seeth, and declareth to Joab, and saith, 'Lo, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.'
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