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And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof , that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. (KJV)
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וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 1
כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַkish.Mo.a'when heard
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 2
בַּעְשָׁ֔אba'.Sha'Baasha
Lemma: בַּעְשָׁא (ba.sah) · Strong's: H1201
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Baasha
Used 28 times. Also: 1 Kings 15:16, 1 Kings 15:17, 1 Kings 15:19, 1 Kings 15:22, 1 Kings 15:27, 1 Kings 15:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1201; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 3
וַיֶּחְדַּ֕לvai.yech.Daland he ceased
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 18:11, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 4
מִבְּנ֖וֹתmi.be.Notfrom building
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 5
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 6
הָֽרָמָ֑הha.ra.Mah<the> Ramah
Lemma: רָמָה (ra.mah) · Strong's: H7414G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ramah
Used 17 times. Also: Joshua 18:25, Joshua 19:8, Judges 4:5, Judges 19:13, 1 Kings 15:17, 1 Kings 15:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7414G; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 7
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he remained
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 8
בְּתִרְצָֽה\׃be.tir.Tzahin Tirzah
Lemma: תִּרְצָה (tir.tsah) · Strong's: H8656H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Tirzah
Used 14 times. Also: Joshua 12:24, 1 Kings 14:17, 1 Kings 15:33, 1 Kings 16:6, 1 Kings 16:8, 1 Kings 16:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8656H; TAHOT 1 Kings 15:21 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| Baasha | → | בַּעְשָׁא H1201 Baasha |
| learned of this | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| he stopped | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| fortifying | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| Ramah | → | רָמָה H7414G Ramah |
| and withdrew | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| to Tirzah | → | תִּרְצָה H8656H Tirzah |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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