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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And the thing became known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (תֹּ֧אמֶר) To.mer “she spoke”
Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai: 'Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?'
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”
Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's words would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
כְּאָמְרָ֤ם (אָמְרָ֤) 'a.me.ra “spoke”
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus: 'There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws; therefore it pr
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king said unto Haman: 'The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he had said”
Then Esther spoke unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai:
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
Then Mordecai bade them to return answer unto Esther: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר (תֹּ֥אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given thee.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Esther said: 'If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.'
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
Then the king said: 'Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said.' So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is--
וַתֹּאמַ֑ר (תֹּאמַ֑ר) to.Mar “she said”
Haman said moreover: 'Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king.
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (יֹּאמֶר֮) i.yo.Mer “he said”
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him: 'Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon; then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet.' And the thing p
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”אֱמֹ֣ר 'e.Mor “speak”
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king said: 'What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?' Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him: 'There is nothing done for him.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”
And the king said: 'Who is in the court?' --Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.--
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֣ר (אמֹ֣ר) Mor “speak”
And the king's servants said unto him: 'Behold, Haman standeth in the court.' And the king said: 'Let him come in.'
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him: 'What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?' --Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king delight to honour besides myself?'--
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him: 'If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail aga
וַיֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩ (יֹּ֩אמְרוּ֩) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”