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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 48:8

    Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?

    וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  2. Genesis 48:9

    And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this land. And he said, Let them come near me, and I will give them a blessing.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (יֹּאמַ֕ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  3. Genesis 48:11

    And Israel said to Joseph, I had no hope of seeing your face again, but God in his mercy has let me see you and your children.

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

  4. Genesis 48:15

    And he gave Joseph a blessing, saying, May the God to whom my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, gave worship, the God who has taken care of me all my life till this day,

    וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

  5. Genesis 48:18

    And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the older; put your right hand on his head.

    וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  6. Genesis 48:19

    But his father would not, saying, I am doing it on purpose, my son; he will certainly become a nation and a great one; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a great family of nations.

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

  7. Genesis 48:20

    So he gave them his blessing that day, saying, You will be the sign of blessing in Israel, for they will say, May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and he put Ephraim before Manasseh.

    לֵאמוֹר֒ (אמוֹר֒) mOr “saying”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  8. Genesis 48:21

    Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.

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

  9. Genesis 49:1

    And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  10. Genesis 49:29

    And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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

  11. Genesis 50:4

    And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph said to the servants of Pharaoh, If now you have love for me, say these words to Pharaoh:

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  12. Genesis 50:5

    My father made me take an oath, saying, When I am dead, put me to rest in the place I have made ready for myself in the land of Canaan. So now let me go and put my father in his last resting-place, and I will come back again.

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  13. Genesis 50:6

    And Pharaoh said, Go up and put your father to rest, as you gave your oath to him.

    וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  14. Genesis 50:11

    And when the people of the land, the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the other side of Jordan.

    וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”

  15. Genesis 50:15

    Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

    וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”

  16. Genesis 50:16

    So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  17. Genesis 50:17

    You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weepin

    תֹאמְר֣וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”

  18. Genesis 50:18

    Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

    וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”

  19. Genesis 50:19

    And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

    וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  20. Genesis 50:24

    Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

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

  21. Genesis 50:25

    Then Joseph made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly give effect to his word, and you are to take my bones away from here.

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  22. Exodus 1:9

    And he said to his people, See, the people of Israel are greater in number and in power than we are:

    וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  23. Exodus 1:15

    And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

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

  24. Exodus 1:16

    When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  25. Exodus 1:18

    And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

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