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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying:
אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he says”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Ye have not hearkened unto Me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbour; behold, I proclaim for you a liberty, saith the LORD, unto the sword, unto the pestilence, and unto the famine; a
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them: 'Drink ye wine.'
וָאֹמַ֥ר (אֹמַ֥ר) 'o.Mar “I said”
But they said: 'We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying: Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever;
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, that we said: Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Arameans; so we dwell at Jerusalem.'
וַנֹּ֗אמֶר (נֹּ֗אמֶר) No.mer “we said”
Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Go, and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to My words? saith the LORD.
אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ (אָֽמַרְתָּ֙) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given
לֵאמֹ֡ר (אמֹ֡ר) Mor “saying”
therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard, and
אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And unto the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because ye have hearkened to the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he commanded you;
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”
therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: There shall not be cut off unto Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before Me for ever.'
אָמַ֛ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: 'I am detained, I cannot go into the house of the LORD;
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying: 'Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come.' So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in
לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”
And they said unto him: 'Sit down now, and read it in our ears.' So Baruch read it in their ears.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch: 'We will surely tell the king of all these words.'
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And they asked Baruch, saying: 'Tell us now: How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Then Baruch answered them: 'He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then said the princes unto Baruch: 'Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye are.'
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast burned this roll, saying: Why hast thou written therein, saying: The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence ma
תֹּאמַ֔ר to.Mar “you will say”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying: 'Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”