And it came to pass when Baasha
Ba`sha' (bah-shaw')
offensiveness; Basha, a king of Israel -- Baasha.
heard
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
it that he left off
chadal (khaw-dal')
to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle -- cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
building
banah (baw-naw')
to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely.
of Ramah
Ramah (raw-maw')
Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine -- Ramah.
and let his work
mla'kah (mel-aw-kaw')
deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
cease
shabath (shaw-bath')
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
