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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat: 'Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before the LORD.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
and said to the judges: 'Consider what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD; and He is with you in giving judgment.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he charged them, saying: 'Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a whole heart.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying: `There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Aram; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar' --the same is En-gedi.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
and he said: 'O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not Thou alone God in heaven? and art not Thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in Thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand Thee.
וַיֹּאמַ֗ר (יֹּאמַ֗ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And they dwelt therein, and have built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
and he said: 'Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: thus saith the LORD unto you: Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said: 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise in the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever.'
וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ (אֹֽמְרִים֙) 'o.me.Rim “saying”
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway.
אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he had said”
And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah;
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him--now he was hiding in Samaria--and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and they buried him, for they said: 'He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.' And there was none of the ho
אָֽמְרוּ֙ 'a.me.Ru “they said”
And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them: 'Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the sons of David.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia, and made him king; and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said: 'Long live the king.'
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
and she looked, and, behold, the king stood on his platform at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the sing
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (תֹּ֖אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them: 'Have her forth between the ranks; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword'; for the priest said: 'Slay her not in the house of
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he had said”
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them: 'Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.' Howbeit the Levites hastened i
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and unto him: 'Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said: 'The LORD look upon it, and require it.'
אָמַ֔ר 'a.Mar “he said”
But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man
לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
But there came a man of God to him, saying: 'O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, even with all the children of Ephraim.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And Amaziah said to the man of God: 'But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?' And the man of God answered: 'The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”