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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
וַיֹּאמַר֒ (יֹּאמַר֒) i.yo.Mar “he said”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
אָמַרְנוּ֩ 'a.mar.Nu “we said”
For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (יֹּאמְר֞וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (יֹּאמְרוּ֩) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
לֵאמֹ֖ר (אמֹ֖ר) Mor “saying”
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
וַיֹּאמַר֒ (יֹּאמַר֒) i.yo.Mar “he said”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֱמָר־ 'e.mor- “say”
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (יֹּ֡אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “did he say”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָ֥מַר 'A.mar “he said”
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
אָֽמַר־ 'a.mar- “he had said”