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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Thus said the LORD: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”
and say: Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.
וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (אָֽמַרְתָּ֙) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
Thus saith the LORD: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor; and do no wrong, do no violence, to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
For thus saith the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto Me, the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour: 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?'
וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (אָֽמְרוּ֙) 'a.me.Ru “they will say”
Then they shall answer: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.'
וְאָ֣מְר֔וּ (אָ֣מְר֔וּ) 'A.me.Ru “they will say”
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He shall not return thither any more;
אָֽמַר־ 'a.mar- “he says”
That saith: 'I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers', and cutteth him out windows, and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
הָאֹמֵ֗ר (אֹמֵ֗ר) 'o.Mer “[one who] says”
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They shall not lament for him: 'Ah my brother!' or: 'Ah sister!' They shall not lament for him: 'Ah lord!' or: 'Ah his glory!'
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
I spoke unto thee in thy prosperity, but thou saidst: 'I will not hear.' This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou hearkenedst not to My voice.
אָמַ֖רְתְּ 'a.Mart “you said”
Thus saith the LORD: Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed My people: Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not taken care of them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
יֹ֤אמְרוּ Yo.me.ru “people will say”
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, they lead you unto vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”
They say continually unto them that despise Me: 'The LORD hath said: Ye shall have peace'; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: 'No evil shall come upon you';
אֹמְרִ֤ים 'o.me.Rim “[they are] saying”אָמוֹר֙ 'a.mOr “continually <to say>”אָֽמְר֔וּ 'a.me.Ru “they have said”
I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in My name, saying: 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
אָֽמְרוּ֙ 'a.me.Ru “they have said”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying: 'What is the burden of the LORD?' then shalt thou say unto them: 'What burden! I will cast you off, saith the LORD.'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (אָמַרְתָּ֤) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say: 'The burden of the LORD', I will even punish that man and his house.
יֹאמַ֖ר yo.Mar “he will say”
Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: 'What hath the LORD answered?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
תֹאמְר֛וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the LORD answered thee?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
תֹאמַ֖ר to.Mar “you will say”
But if ye say: 'The burden of the LORD'; therefore thus saith the LORD: Because ye say this word: 'The burden of the LORD', and I have sent unto you, saying: 'Ye shall not say: The burden of the LORD';
תֹּאמֵרוּ֒ to.me.Ru “you will say”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”אֲמָרְכֶ֛ם (אֲמָרְ) 'a.ma.re. “have spoken”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”תֹאמְר֖וּ to.me.Ru “you must say”
Then said the LORD unto me: 'What seest thou, Jeremiah?' And I said: 'Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וָאֹמַ֖ר (אֹמַ֖ר) 'o.Mar “I said”
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he says”