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Omriעָמְרִיwent upוַיַּעֲלֶהfrom Gibbethon,מִגִּבְּתוֹןand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwith him,עִמּוֹand they besiegedוַיָּצֻרוּ עַלTirzah.תִּרְצָה
1 Kings 16:17
Study it in the app“Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:17, word by word
- Omriעָמְרִיamri
Omri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appears- went upיַּעֲלֶהyaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appears- from Gibbethonגִּבְּתוֹןgibton
Gibbethon
Gibbethon: a town of Dan, later a Levite city.
Where else “gibton” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they besiegedיָּצֻרוּyatsuru
besiege
To encircle a city, or shut something in.
Where else “yatsuru” appears- Tirzahתִּרְצָהtirtsa
Tirzah
Tirzah, one of the five daughters of Zelophehad; also a city of Canaan. The name means "delight."
Where else “tirtsa” appears
The context
16The people who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and has also struck down the king.” So all Israel made king over Israel Omri, the commander of the army, that day in the camp.
17 · This verse (above)
18And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,