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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And it came to pass when Baasha Baasha Noun H1201 בַּעְשָׁ֔א ba'·sha,
Analysis:
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heard attentively Verb H8085 כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ kish·mo·a'
[thereof] that he left off cease Verb H2308 וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל vai·yech·dal
building build Verb H1129 מִבְּנֹ֖ות mib·be·no·vt
of Ramah Ramah Noun H7414 הָֽרָמָ֑ה ha·ra·mah;
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and dwelt abide Verb H3427 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב vai·ye·shev
in Tirzah Tirzah Noun H8656 בְּתִרְצָֽה׃ be·tir·tzah.
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Locations

Ramah

RAMAHra'-ma (ha-ramah, without the definite article only in Nehemiah 11:33 Jeremiah 31:15): The name denotes height, from root rum, "to be high," and the towns to which it applied seem all to have stood on elevated sites.(1) Codex Vaticanus Arael; Codex Alexandrinus Rhama: A fenced city in the lot assigned to Naphtali (Joshua 19:36). Only in this passage is... View Details

Tirzah

TIRZAHtur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa):(1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in turn to Samaria. Here reigned Jeroboam, Nadab his son, Baasha, Elah and Zimri (1 Kings 15:21, 33; 1 Kings 16:6, 8, 9, 15). Baasha was buried... View Details

People

Baasha

Baasha [N] [H] [S] bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty ( 1 Kings 15 ;  16 ;  2 Chr  16:1-6 ). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years ( 1 Kings 15:33 ). On account of his ido... View Details

Baasha

Baasha [N] [H] [S] bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty ( 1 Kings 15 ;  16 ;  2 Chr  16:1-6 ). He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar. The city of Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years ( 1 Kings 15:33 ). On account of his ido... View Details

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King James Bible And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
Hebrew Greek English And it came to pass, when When Baasha heard thereof, that of it, he left off building of Ramah, ceased fortifying Ramah and dwelt remained in Tirzah.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And it came to pass, when When Baasha heard thereof, that of it, he left off building of Ramah, ceased fortifying Ramah and dwelt remained in Tirzah.