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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

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5,309 occurrences in 4,339 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 37:32

    And they took the coat to their father, and said, We came across this; is it your son's coat or not?

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

  2. Genesis 37:33

    And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.

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

  3. Genesis 37:35

    And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

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

  4. Genesis 38:8

    Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.

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

  5. Genesis 38:11

    Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Go back to your father's house and keep yourself as a widow till my son Shelah becomes a man: for he had in his mind the thought that death might come to him as it had come to his brothers. So Tamar went bac

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֔ר 'a.Mar “he said”

  6. Genesis 38:13

    And when Tamar had news that her father-in-law was going up to Timnah to the wool-cutting,

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  7. Genesis 38:16

    And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”

  8. Genesis 38:17

    And he said, I will give you a young goat from the flock. And she said, What will you give me as a sign till you send it?

    וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (תֹּ֕אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  9. Genesis 38:18

    And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (תֹּ֗אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  10. Genesis 38:21

    And he put questions to the men of the place, saying, Where is the loose woman who was in Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There was no such woman there.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”

  11. Genesis 38:22

    So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.

    וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָֽמְר֔וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”

  12. Genesis 38:23

    And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

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

  13. Genesis 38:24

    Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

    לֵֽאמֹר֙ (אמֹר֙) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  14. Genesis 38:25

    And while she was being taken out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, The man whose property these things are, is the father of my child: say then, whose are this ring and this cord and this stick?

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”

  15. Genesis 38:26

    Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.

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

  16. Genesis 38:28

    And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  17. Genesis 38:29

    But then he took his hand back again, and his brother came first to birth: and the woman said, What an opening you have made for yourself! So he was named Perez.

    וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (תֹּ֕אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  18. Genesis 39:7

    And after a time, his master's wife, looking on Joseph with desire, said to him, Be my lover.

    וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (תֹּ֖אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

  19. Genesis 39:8

    But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

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

  20. Genesis 39:12

    And pulling at his coat, she said, Come to my bed; but slipping out of his coat, he went running away.

    לֵאמֹ֖ר (אמֹ֖ר) Mor “saying”

  21. Genesis 39:14

    She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

    וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  22. Genesis 39:17

    Then she gave him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you have taken into our house came in to make sport of me;

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  23. Genesis 39:19

    And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  24. Genesis 40:7

    And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  25. Genesis 40:8

    Then they said to him, We have had a dream, and no one is able to give us the sense. And Joseph said, Does not the sense of dreams come from God? what was your dream?

    וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”