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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 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'

    תֹּאמְר֖וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”

  2. Genesis 34:14

    and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

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

  3. Genesis 34:20

    And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  4. Genesis 34:30

    And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shal

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

  5. Genesis 34:31

    And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'

    וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ (יֹּאמְר֑וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  6. Genesis 35:1

    And God said unto Jacob: 'Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of Esau thy brother.'

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

  7. Genesis 35:2

    Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: 'Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

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

  8. Genesis 35:10

    And God said unto him: 'Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name'; and He called his name Israel.

    וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (יֹּֽאמֶר) i.yo.mer- “he said”

  9. Genesis 35:11

    And God said unto him: 'I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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

  10. Genesis 35:17

    And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the mid-wife said unto her: 'Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.'

    וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (תֹּ֨אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  11. Genesis 37:6

    And he said unto them: 'Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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

  12. Genesis 37:8

    And his brethren said to him: 'Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?' And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

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

  13. Genesis 37:9

    And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said: 'Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.'

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

  14. Genesis 37:10

    And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him: 'What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down to thee to the earth?'

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

  15. Genesis 37:13

    And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them.' And he said to him: 'Here am I.'

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

  16. Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.' So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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

  17. Genesis 37:15

    And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?'

    לֵאמֹ֖ר (אמֹ֖ר) Mor “saying”

  18. Genesis 37:16

    And he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.'

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

  19. Genesis 37:17

    And the man said: 'They are departed hence; for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothan.' And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֹֽמְרִ֔ים 'o.me.Rim “saying”

  20. Genesis 37:19

    And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh.

    וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  21. Genesis 37:20

    Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.'

    וְאָמַ֕רְנוּ (אָמַ֕רְנוּ) 'a.Mar.nu “we will say”

  22. Genesis 37:21

    And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.'

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

  23. Genesis 37:22

    And Reuben said unto them: 'Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him' --that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.

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

  24. Genesis 37:26

    And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

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

  25. Genesis 37:30

    And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?'

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