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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. Genesis 32:3

    And Jacob said when he saw them: 'This is God's camp.' And he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

  2. Genesis 32:5

    And he commanded them, saying: 'Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”תֹאמְר֔וּן (תֹאמְר֔וּ) tom.Ru “you will say”אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he says”

  3. Genesis 32:7

    And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: 'We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.'

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  4. Genesis 32:9

    And he said: 'If Esau come to the one camp, and smite it, then the camp which is left shall escape.'

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

  5. Genesis 32:10

    And Jacob said: 'O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who saidst unto me: Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good;

    וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (יֹּאמֶר֮) i.yo.Mer “he said”הָאֹמֵ֣ר (אֹמֵ֣ר) 'o.Mer “said”

  6. Genesis 32:13

    And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'

    אָמַ֔רְתָּ 'a.Mar.ta “you have said”

  7. Genesis 32:17

    And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: 'Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.'

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

  8. Genesis 32:18

    And he commanded the foremost, saying: 'When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying: Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  9. Genesis 32:19

    then thou shalt say: They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord, even unto Esau; and, behold, he also is behind us.'

    וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (אָֽמַרְתָּ֙) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”

  10. Genesis 32:20

    And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: 'In this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  11. Genesis 32:21

    and ye shall say: Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.' For he said: 'I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.'

    וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם) 'a.mar.Tem “you will say”אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he said”

  12. Genesis 32:27

    And he said: 'Let me go, for the day breaketh.' And he said: 'I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.'

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

  13. Genesis 32:28

    And he said unto him: 'What is thy name?' And be said: 'Jacob.'

    וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  14. Genesis 32:29

    And he said: 'Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”יֵאָמֵ֥ר ye.'a.Mer “it will be called”

  15. Genesis 32:30

    And Jacob asked him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.' And he said: 'Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?' And he blessed him there.

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

  16. Genesis 33:5

    And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said: 'Who are these with thee?' And he said: 'The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.'

    וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (יֹּאמַ֕ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  17. Genesis 33:8

    And he said: 'What meanest thou by all this camp which I met?' And he said: 'To find favour in the sight of my lord.'

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

  18. Genesis 33:9

    And Esau said: 'I have enough; my brother, let that which thou hast be thine.'

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

  19. Genesis 33:10

    And Jacob said: 'Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favour in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

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

  20. Genesis 33:12

    And he said: 'Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.'

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

  21. Genesis 33:13

    And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.

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

  22. Genesis 33:15

    And Esau said: 'Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me.' And he said: 'What needeth it? let me find favour in the sight of my lord.'

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

  23. Genesis 34:4

    And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  24. Genesis 34:8

    And Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife.

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  25. Genesis 34:11

    And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”תֹּאמְר֛וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”