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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. Genesis 11:4

    And they said: 'Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, with its top in heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'

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

  2. Genesis 11:6

    And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do; and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

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

  3. Genesis 12:1

    Now the LORD said unto Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.

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

  4. Genesis 12:7

    And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said: 'Unto thy seed will I give this land'; and he builded there an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

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

  5. Genesis 12:11

    And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: 'Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.

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

  6. Genesis 12:12

    And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive.

    וְאָמְר֖וּ (אָמְר֖וּ) 'a.me.Ru “they will say”

  7. Genesis 12:13

    Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.'

    אִמְרִי־ 'im.ri- “say”

  8. Genesis 12:18

    And Pharaoh called Abram, and said: 'What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

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

  9. Genesis 12:19

    Why saidst thou: She is my sister? so that I took her to be my wife; now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.'

    אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ 'a.Mar.ta “did you say”

  10. Genesis 13:8

    And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.

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

  11. Genesis 13:14

    And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”

  12. Genesis 14:19

    And he blessed him, and said: 'Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth;

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

  13. Genesis 14:21

    And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'

    וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  14. Genesis 14:22

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom: 'I have lifted up my hand unto the LORD, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,

    וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  15. Genesis 14:23

    that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;

    תֹאמַ֔ר to.Mar “you will say”

  16. Genesis 15:1

    After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  17. Genesis 15:2

    And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'

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

  18. Genesis 15:3

    And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'

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

  19. Genesis 15:4

    And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  20. Genesis 15:5

    And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'

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

  21. Genesis 15:7

    And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'

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

  22. Genesis 15:8

    And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'

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

  23. Genesis 15:9

    And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'

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

  24. Genesis 15:13

    And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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

  25. Genesis 15:18

    In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”