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View Name: Absalom


ABSALOM

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin

Pronounced: AB-sə-lahm (English)  [key]

From the Hebrew name אַבְשָׁלוֹם ('Avshalom) which meant "my father is peace". In the Old Testament he was a son of King David who led a revolt against his father. While fleeing on the back of a mule he got his head caught in a tree and was killed by Joab.


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