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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
תֹּאמְר֖וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”
And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; a
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ (יֹּאמְר֑וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Jacob is your name, but it will be so no longer; from now your name will be Israel; so he was named Israel.
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (יֹּֽאמֶר) i.yo.mer- “he said”
And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring;
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”
And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (תֹּ֨אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And his brothers said to him, Are you to be our king? will you have authority over us? And because of his dream and his words, their hate for him became greater than ever.
וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ (יֹּ֤אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”
Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he gave word of it to his father and his brothers; but his father protesting said, What sort of a dream is this? am I and your mother and your brothers to go down on our faces to the earth before you?
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Israel said to Joseph, Are not your brothers with the flock in Shechem? come, I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And a man saw him wandering in the country, and said to him, What are you looking for?
לֵאמֹ֖ר (אמֹ֖ר) Mor “saying”
And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the man said, They have gone away from here, for they said in my hearing, Let us go to Dothan. So Joseph went after them and came up with them at Dothan.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֹֽמְרִ֔ים 'o.me.Rim “saying”
Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.
וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ (אָמַ֕רְנוּ) 'a.Mar.nu “we will say”
But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”