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H0559אָמַרa.mar

to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 606
  2. 299
  3. 80
  4. 246
  5. 142
  6. 137
  7. 269
  8. 54
  9. 422
  10. 335
  11. 326
  12. 345
  13. 72
  14. 184
  15. 15
  16. 61
  17. 52
  18. 97
  19. 101
  20. 25
  21. 20
  22. 2
  23. 247
  24. 478
  25. 10
  26. 363
  27. 23
  28. 22
  29. 5
  30. 52
  31. 2
  32. 22
  33. 10
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 26
  38. 109
  39. 40

Renderings

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5,309 occurrences in 4,339 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Kings 22:3

    And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying.

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  2. 2 Kings 22:8

    And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

    וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (יֹּאמֶר) i.yo.mer “he said”

  3. 2 Kings 22:9

    And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word unto the king, and said: `Thy servants have poured out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LO

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  4. 2 Kings 22:10

    And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read it before the king.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  5. 2 Kings 22:12

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  6. 2 Kings 22:15

    And she said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me:

    וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he says”אִמְר֣וּ 'im.Ru “say”

  7. 2 Kings 22:16

    Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read;

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  8. 2 Kings 22:18

    But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,

    תֹאמְר֖וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  9. 2 Kings 23:17

    Then he said: 'What monument is that which I see' And the men of the city told him: 'It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.'

    וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (יֹּאמְר֨וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  10. 2 Kings 23:18

    And he said: 'Let him be; let no man move his bones.' So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  11. 2 Kings 23:21

    And the king commanded all the people, saying: 'Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.'

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  12. 2 Kings 23:27

    And the LORD said: 'I will remove Judah also out of My sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said: My name shall be there.'

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֔רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

  13. 2 Kings 25:24

    And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said unto them: 'Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.'

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  14. 1 Chronicles 4:9

    And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  15. 1 Chronicles 4:10

    And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: 'Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!' And God granted him that which

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  16. 1 Chronicles 10:4

    Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer: 'Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and make a mock of me.' But his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  17. 1 Chronicles 11:1

    Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  18. 1 Chronicles 11:2

    In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD thy God said unto thee: Thou shalt feed My people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over My people Israel.'

    וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

  19. 1 Chronicles 11:5

    And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: 'Thou shalt not come in hither.' Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

    וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”

  20. 1 Chronicles 11:6

    And David said: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.' And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he had said”

  21. 1 Chronicles 11:17

    And David longed, and said: 'Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!'

    וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  22. 1 Chronicles 11:19

    and said: 'My God forbid it me, that I should do this; shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it.' Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty m

    וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (יֹּ֡אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  23. 1 Chronicles 12:18

    And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them: 'If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of o

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  24. 1 Chronicles 12:20

    Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying: 'He will fall away to his master Saul to t

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  25. 1 Chronicles 13:2

    And David said unto all the assembly of Israel: 'If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites that are in the

    וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”