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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. Esther 7:3

    Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

    וַתֹּאמַ֔ר (תֹּאמַ֔ר) to.Mar “she said”

  2. Esther 7:5

    Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: 'Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?'

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

  3. Esther 7:6

    And Esther said: 'An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman.' Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

    וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer- “she said”

  4. Esther 7:8

    Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king: 'Will he even force the queen before me in the house?' As the word went out of the king's m

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

  5. Esther 7:9

    Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.'

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

  6. Esther 8:5

    And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he

    וַ֠תֹּאמֶר (תֹּאמֶר) to.mer “she said”

  7. Esther 8:7

    Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

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

  8. Esther 9:12

    And the king said unto Esther the queen: 'The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the castle, and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now whatever thy petition, it shall be granted th

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

  9. Esther 9:13

    Then said Esther: 'If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.'

    וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  10. Esther 9:14

    And the king commanded it so to be done; and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  11. Esther 9:25

    but when she came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”

  12. Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and b

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”

  13. Job 1:7

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Whence comest thou?' Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'

    וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (יֹּאמַ֔ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  14. Job 1:8

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil?'

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  15. Job 1:9

    Then Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Doth Job fear God for nought?

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

  16. Job 1:12

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand.' So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

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

  17. Job 1:14

    that there came a messenger unto Job, and said: 'The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

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

  18. Job 1:16

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'A fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.'

    וַיֹּאמַר֒ (יֹּאמַר֒) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  19. Job 1:17

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'The Chaldeans set themselves in three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell th

    וַיֹּאמַר֒ (יֹּאמַר֒) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  20. Job 1:18

    While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;

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

  21. Job 1:21

    And he said; naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither; the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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

  22. Job 2:2

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'From whence comest thou?' And Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.'

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (יֹּאמַ֔ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  23. Job 2:3

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move M

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

  24. Job 2:4

    And Satan answered the LORD, and said: 'Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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

  25. Job 2:6

    And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.'

    וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”