2 Samuel 18:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now 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.

Young's Literal Translation
And Absalom meeteth before the servants of David, and Absalom is riding on the mule, and the mule cometh in under an entangled bough of the great oak, and his head taketh hold on the oak, and he is placed between the heavens and the earth, and the mule that [is] under him hath passed on.

King James Bible
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.

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

was riding
רֹכֵ֣ב (rō·ḵêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

his mule
הַפֶּ֗רֶד (hap·pe·reḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6505: A mule

when he
וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם (wə·’aḇ·šā·lō·wm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 53: Absalom -- 'my father is peace', two Israelites

met
וַיִּקָּרֵא֙ (way·yiq·qā·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7122: To encounter, befall

the servants
עַבְדֵ֣י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

of David,
דָוִ֑ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and as the mule
הַפֶּ֡רֶד (hap·pe·reḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6505: A mule

went
וַיָּבֹ֣א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the tangled branches
שׂוֹבֶךְ֩ (śō·w·ḇeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7730: A thicket, interlaced branches

of a large
הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה (hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

oak,
הָאֵלָ֨ה (hā·’ê·lāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 424: An oak, other strong tree

Absalom’s head
רֹאשׁ֣וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

was caught fast
וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק (way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

in the tree.
בָאֵלָ֗ה (ḇā·’ê·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 424: An oak, other strong tree

The mule
וְהַפֶּ֥רֶד (wə·hap·pe·reḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6505: A mule

under him
תַּחְתָּ֖יו (taḥ·tāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

kept going,
עָבָֽר׃ (‘ā·ḇār)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

so that he was suspended
וַיֻּתַּן֙ (way·yut·tan)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - QalPass - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

in midair.
בֵּ֤ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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