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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And the LORD said: 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will forgive all the place for their sake.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt Thou destroy all the city for lack of five?' And He said: 'I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he spoke unto Him yet again, and said: 'Peradventure there shall be forty found there.' And He said: 'I will not do it for the forty's sake.'
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (יֹּאמַ֔ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said: 'Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Peradventure there shall thirty be found there.' And He said: 'I will not do it, if I find thirty there.'
וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (יֹּאמֶר) i.yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.'
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said: 'Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'
וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (יֹּאמֶר) i.yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
and he said: 'Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way.' And they said: 'Nay; but we will abide in the broad place all night.'
וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (יֹּ֜אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.'
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (יֹּ֣אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”
And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ׀ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And the men said unto Lot: 'Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place;
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (יֹּאמְר֨וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And Lot went out, and spoke unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said: 'Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy the city.' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that jested.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying: 'Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here; lest thou be swept away in the iniquity of the city.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said: 'Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be swept away.'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Lot said unto them: 'Oh, not so, my lord;
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said unto him: 'See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the first-born said unto the younger: 'Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.
וַתֹּ֧אמֶר (תֹּ֧אמֶר) To.mer “<she> said”
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife: 'She is my sister.' And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said: 'Lord, wilt Thou slay even a righteous nation?
וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (יֹּאמַ֕ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
Said he not himself unto me: She is my sister? and she, even she herself said: He is my brother. In the simplicity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.'
אָֽמַר־ 'a.mar- “did he say”אָֽמְרָ֖ה 'a.me.Rah “she said”
And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”