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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Of Edom. Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished?
אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he says”
For thus saith the LORD: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith the LORD: Arise ye, go up against Kedar, and spoil the children of the east.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: behold, I will break the bow of Elam the chief of their might.
אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he says”
Declare ye among the nations and announce, and set up a standard; announce, and conceal not; say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed; her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
אִמְרוּ֩ 'im.Ru “say”
All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said: 'We are not guilty'; because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
אָמְר֖וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captives hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.
אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he says”
Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in Leb-kamai, a destroying wind.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing-floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while, and the time of harvest shall come for her.
אָמַ֜ר 'a.Mar “he says”
'The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon', shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and: 'My blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea', shall Jerusalem say.
תֹּאמַ֖ר to.Mar “she will say”תֹּאמַ֖ר to.Mar “it will say”
Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.
אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: the broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the peoples shall labour for vanity, and the nations for the fire; and they shall be weary.
אָמַ֞ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And Jeremiah said to Seraiah: 'When thou comest to Babylon, then see that thou read all these words,
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
and say: O LORD, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that none shall dwell therein, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (אָמַרְתָּ֗) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
and thou shalt say: Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise again because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and they shall be weary.' Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (אָמַרְתָּ֗) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
They say to their mothers: 'Where is corn and wine?' when they swoon as the wounded in the broad places of the city, when their soul is poured out into their mothers' bosom.
יֹֽאמְר֔וּ yo.me.Ru “they say”
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem: 'Is this the city that men called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?'
שֶׁיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) yo.me.Ru “people said”
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; they hiss and gnash the teeth; they say: 'We have swallowed her up; certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.'
אָמְר֖וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”
And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
וָאֹמַר֙ (אֹמַר֙) 'o.Mar “I said”
'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
אָמְרָ֣ה 'a.me.Rah “it has said”
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “has he spoken”
Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
אָמַ֥רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”