{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6021",
  "lemma": "עֲמָשָׂא",
  "transliteration": "ʻĂmâsâʼ",
  "definition": "Amasa, the name of two Israelites",
  "kjv": "Amasa.",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6006",
      "lemma": "עָמַס",
      "transliteration": "ʻâmaç",
      "meaning": "to load, i.e. impose aburden",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6006"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֲמָשָׂא 16 n.pr.m.",
    "1. Absalom’s general",
    "2. Ephraimite"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 17:25",
      "text": "Absalom set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 19:14",
      "text": "Say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you aren’t captain of the army…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/19?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:4",
      "text": "Then the king said to Amasa, “Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be here present.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:5",
      "text": "So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together, but he stayed longer than the set time which had been appointed to him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:8",
      "text": "When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was clothed in his apparel of war…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:9",
      "text": "Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:10",
      "text": "But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So he struck him with it in the body and shed out his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 20:12",
      "text": "Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. When the man saw that all the people stood still, he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 2:5",
      "text": "“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 2:32",
      "text": "The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=32"
    }
  ],
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