H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

So they came together to Mizpah, and got water, draining it out before the Lord, and they took no food that day, and they said, We have done evil against the Lord. And Samuel was judge of the children of Israel in Mizpah.

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (יֹּ֣אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

Then Samuel took a stone and put it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, naming it Eben-ezer, and saying, Up to now the Lord has been our help.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (יֹּאמַ֕ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

But Samuel was not pleased when they said to him, Give us a king to be our judge. And Samuel made prayer to the Lord.

אָמְר֔וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”יֹאמְר֖וּ yo.me.Ru “they will say”

And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

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

And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

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

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.

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

Now the asses of Saul's father Kish had gone wandering away. And Kish said to his son Saul, Take one of the servants with you, and get up and go in search of the asses.

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

And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us.

אָמַ֛ר 'a.Mar “he said”

But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey.

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

Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do?

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

But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.

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

(In the past in Israel, when a man went to get directions from God, he said, Come let us go to the Seer, for he who now is named Prophet was in those days given the name of Seer.)

אָמַ֤ר 'a.Mar “he said”

Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

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

And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (יֹּאמְר֣וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

וַתֹּאמַ֥רְנָה (תֹּאמַ֥רְנָה) to.Mar.nah “they said”

Now the day before Saul came, the word of God had come to Samuel, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

אָמַ֣רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I spoke”

Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

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

Then Samuel said to Saul, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place and take food with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, after opening to you all the secrets of your heart.

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

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

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

And Samuel said to the cook, Give me that part which I gave you orders to keep by you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֣רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”