2 Samuel 18:18
অবশালোমের জীবনকালে রাজার উপত্যকায সে একটা স্তম্ভ তৈরী করেছিল এবং সেটা নিজের নামে নাম দিয়েছিল কারণ সে ভেবেছিল: “আমার নাম রক্ষা করার জন্য আমার কোন সন্তানাদি নেই|” আজও স্তম্ভটিকে “অবশালোমের স্তম্ভ” বলা হয়|
| Now Absalom | וְאַבְשָׁלֹ֣ם | wĕʾabšālōm | veh-av-sha-LOME |
| in his lifetime | לָקַ֗ח | lāqaḥ | la-KAHK |
| taken had | וַיַּצֶּב | wayyaṣṣeb | va-ya-TSEV |
| and reared up | ל֤וֹ | lô | loh |
himself for | בְחַיָּו֙ | bĕḥayyāw | veh-ha-YAHV |
| a pillar, | אֶת | ʾet | et |
| which | מַצֶּ֙בֶת֙ | maṣṣebet | ma-TSEH-VET |
| king's the in is | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| dale: | בְּעֵֽמֶק | bĕʿēmeq | beh-A-mek |
| for | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hammelek | ha-MEH-lek |
| he said, | כִּ֤י | kî | kee |
| no have I | אָמַר֙ | ʾāmar | ah-MAHR |
| son | אֵֽין | ʾên | ane |
| to | לִ֣י | lî | lee |
| keep my name | בֵ֔ן | bēn | vane |
| remembrance: in | בַּֽעֲב֖וּר | baʿăbûr | ba-uh-VOOR |
| and he called | הַזְכִּ֣יר | hazkîr | hahz-KEER |
| the pillar | שְׁמִ֑י | šĕmî | sheh-MEE |
| after | וַיִּקְרָ֤א | wayyiqrāʾ | va-yeek-RA |
| his own name: | לַמַּצֶּ֙בֶת֙ | lammaṣṣebet | la-ma-TSEH-VET |
| called is it and | עַל | ʿal | al |
| unto | שְׁמ֔וֹ | šĕmô | sheh-MOH |
| this | וַיִּקָּ֤רֵא | wayyiqqārēʾ | va-yee-KA-ray |
| day, | לָהּ֙ | lāh | la |
| Absalom's | יַ֣ד | yad | yahd |
| place. | אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם | ʾabšālôm | av-sha-LOME |
| עַ֖ד | ʿad | ad | |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | hayyôm | HA-yome | |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazze | ha-ZEH |