H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, `What `are' the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? -- and they burnt!'

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

And Tobiah the Ammonite `is' by him and saith, `Also, that which they are building -- if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.'

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

And Judah saith, `The power of the burden-bearers hath become feeble, and the rubbish `is' abundant, and we are not able to build on the wall.'

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

And our adversaries say, `They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And it cometh to pass, when the Jews have come who are dwelling near them, that they say to us ten times from all the places whither ye return -- `they are' against us.

וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (יֹּ֤אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

וָאֹמַ֞ר (אֹמַ֞ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

And I say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `The work is abundant, and large, and we are separated on the wall, far off one from another;

וָאֹמַ֞ר (אֹמַ֞ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Also, at that time I said to the people, `Let each with his servant lodge in the midst of Jerusalem, and they have been to us by night a guard, and by day `for' the work:'

אָמַ֣רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

אֹמְרִ֔ים 'o.me.Rim “[were] saying”

And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

אֹמְרִ֔ים 'o.me.Rim “[were] saying”

And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, `on' our fields, and our vineyards;

אֹמְרִ֔ים 'o.me.Rim “[were] saying”

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (אֹמְרָ֣) 'o.me.Ra “I said”

and say to them, `We have acquired our brethren the Jews, those sold to the nations, according to the ability that `is' in us, and ye also sell your brethren, and they have been sold to us!' and they are silent, and have not found a word.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (אֹמְרָ֣) 'o.me.Ra “I said”

And I say, `Not good `is' the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

וָאוֹמַ֕ר (אוֹמַ֕ר) i.yo.mer “I said”

And they say, `We give back, and of them we seek nothing; so we do as thou art saying.' And I call the priests, and cause them to swear to do according to this thing;

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”אוֹמֵ֑ר 'o.Mer “[are] saying”

also, my lap I have shaken, and I say, `Thus doth God shake out every man, who doth not perform this thing, from his house, and from his labour; yea, thus is he shaken out and empty;' and all the assembly say, `Amen,' and praise Jehovah; and the people do according to this thing.

וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה (אֹמְרָ֡) 'o.me.Ra “I said”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (יֹּאמְר֨וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

that Sanballat sendeth, also Geshem, unto me, saying, `Come and we meet together in the villages, in the valley of Ono;' and they are thinking to do to me evil.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And I send unto them messengers, saying, `A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

it is written in it, `Among the nations it hath been heard, and Gashmu is saying: Thou and the Jews are thinking to rebel, therefore thou art building the wall, and thou hast been to them for a king -- according to these words!

אֹמֵ֔ר 'o.Mer “[is] saying”

And also, prophets thou hast appointed to call for thee in Jerusalem, saying, A king `is' in Judah, and now it is heard by the king according to these words; and now come, and we take counsel together.'

לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

And I send unto him, saying, `It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”אוֹמֵ֑ר 'o.Mer “[are] saying”

for all of them are making us afraid, saying, `Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;' and now, strengthen Thou my hands.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And I have entered the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabeel -- and he is restrained -- and he saith, `Let us meet at the house of God, at the inside of the temple, and we shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming in to slay thee -- yea, by night they are coming in to slay thee.'

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

And I say, `A man such as I -- doth he flee? and who as I, that doth go in unto the temple, and live? -- I do not go in.'

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (אֹמְרָ֗) 'o.me.Ra “I said”

also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

אֹמְרִים֙ 'o.me.Rim “telling”