왕이 얼굴을 가리우고 큰 소리로 부르되 ‘내 아들, 압살롬아 압살롬아 내 아들아 내 아들아’ 하니
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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How to read the Hangul
beginning the Christ salvation
- Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
- Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
- Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
- Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
- Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.