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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. Jeremiah 39:11

    Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  2. Jeremiah 39:15

    Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  3. Jeremiah 39:16

    'Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.

    וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ (אָמַרְתָּ֡) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  4. Jeremiah 40:2

    And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him: 'The LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place;

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

  5. Jeremiah 40:9

    And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore unto them and to their men, saying: 'Fear not to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  6. Jeremiah 40:14

    and said unto him: 'Dost thou know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take thy life?' But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.

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

  7. Jeremiah 40:15

    Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying: 'Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it; wherefore should he take thy life, that all the Jews that are gathered unto thee

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  8. Jeremiah 40:16

    But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah: 'Thou shalt not do this thing; for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael.'

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

  9. Jeremiah 41:6

    And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went; and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them: 'Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.'

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

  10. Jeremiah 41:8

    But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael: 'Slay us not; for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey.' So he forbore, and slew them not among their brethren.

    וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  11. Jeremiah 42:2

    and said unto Jeremiah the prophet: 'Let, we pray thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us;

    וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ (יֹּאמְר֞וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  12. Jeremiah 42:4

    Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them: 'I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing b

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

  13. Jeremiah 42:5

    Then they said to Jeremiah: 'The LORD be a true and faithful witness against us, if we do not even according to all the word wherewith the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.

    אָמְר֣וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”

  14. Jeremiah 42:9

    and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before Him:

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

  15. Jeremiah 42:13

    But if ye say: We will not abide in this land; so that ye hearken not to the voice of the LORD your God;

    אֹמְרִ֣ים 'o.me.Rim “[are] saying”

  16. Jeremiah 42:14

    saying: No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the horn, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we abide;

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  17. Jeremiah 42:15

    now therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

    אָמַר֩ 'a.Mar “he says”

  18. Jeremiah 42:18

    For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: As Mine anger and My fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall My fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt; and ye shall be an execration, and an asto

    אָמַ֜ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  19. Jeremiah 42:20

    For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying: Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it;

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”יֹאמַ֜ר yo.Mar “he will say”

  20. Jeremiah 43:2

    then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah: 'Thou speakest falsely; the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say: Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

    וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֹמְרִ֣ים 'o.me.Rim “saying”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  21. Jeremiah 43:8

    Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  22. Jeremiah 43:10

    and say unto them: Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.

    וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (אָמַרְתָּ֣) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”אָמַר֩ 'a.Mar “he says”

  23. Jeremiah 44:1

    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews that dwelt in the land of Egypt, that dwelt at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying:

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  24. Jeremiah 44:2

    'Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein;

    אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  25. Jeremiah 44:4

    Howbeit I sent unto you all My servants the prophets, sending them betimes and often, saying: Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”