Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Ye shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
אֱמֹ֣ר 'e.Mor “say”
When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying: 'What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
then thou shalt say unto thy son: 'We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (אָמַרְתָּ֣) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
If thou shalt say in thy heart: 'These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?'
תֹאמַר֙ to.Mar “you will say”
and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'
וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (אָמַרְתָּ֖) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the LORD thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying: 'For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land'; whereas for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from
תֹּאמַ֣ר to.Mar “you say”לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”
And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have dealt corruptly; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Furthermore the LORD spoke unto me, saying: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying: 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you'; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed Him not, nor hearkened to His voice.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and forty nights that I fell down; because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he had said”
And I prayed unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, destroy not Thy people and Thine inheritance, that Thou hast redeemed through Thy greatness, that Thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
וָאֹמַר֒ (אֹמַר֒) 'o.Mar “I said”
lest the land whence Thou broughtest us out say: Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He promised unto them, and because He hated them, He hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
יֹאמְר֗וּ yo.me.Ru “they should say”
At that time the LORD said unto me: 'Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto Me into the mount; and make thee an ark of wood.
אָמַ֧ר 'a.Mar “he said”
And the LORD said unto me: 'Arise, go before the people, causing them to set forward, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give unto them.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as He hath promised thee, and thou shalt say: 'I will eat flesh', because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֙ (אָמַרְתָּ֙) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying: 'How used these nations to serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.'
לֵאמֹ֨ר (אמֹ֨ר) Mor “saying”
and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto thee--saying: 'Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them';
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying: 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy father
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
If thou shalt hear tell concerning one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying:
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”
'Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known';
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand'; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin in thee.
לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
For the poor shall never cease out of the land; therefore I command thee, saying: 'Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy poor and needy brother, in thy land.'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And it shall be, if he say unto thee: 'I will not go out from thee'; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he fareth well with thee;
יֹאמַ֣ר yo.Mar “he will say”
According to the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
יֹאמְר֥וּ yo.me.Ru “they will say”