He removed his head
He splashed his head. They were taken out to kill him.
("And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dog curse this dead man, my lord the king? I will not be angry and take away his head" - 2 Samuel 16:9 (Abishai the son of Zeruiah to David because Shimei the son of Gera had cursed), and so: "Then the iron came up, my daughter,/ and he took away my head from you" - Nathan Alterman/ A Song for a Young Woman)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הֵסִיר אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
הִתִּיז אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ. הוֹצִיאוּ לַהוֹרֵג.
("וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן צְרוּיָה אֶל הַמֶּלֶךְ, לָמָּה יְקַלֵּל הַכֶּלֶב הַמֵּת הַזֶּה אֶת אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶעְבְּרָה נָּא וְאָסִירָה אֶת רֹאשׁוֹ"- שְׁמוּאֵל ב טז ט (אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן צְרוּיָה לְדָוִד עַל שִׁמְעִי בֶּן גֵּרָא שֶׁקִּלֵּל ), וְכֵן:"אָז עָלָה הַבַּרְזֶל, בִּתִּי,/ וְהֵסִיר גַּם רֹאשִׁי מֵאֵלַיִךְ"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ שִׁיר לְאֵשֶׁת נְעוּרִים)