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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. 1 Samuel 14:19

    Now while Saul was talking to the priest, the noise in the tents of the Philistines became louder and louder; and Saul said to the priest, Take back your hand.

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

  2. 1 Samuel 14:24

    And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food befo

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  3. 1 Samuel 14:28

    Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

    וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  4. 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.

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

  5. 1 Samuel 14:33

    Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  6. 1 Samuel 14:34

    And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם (אֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם) 'a.mar.Tem “you will say”

  7. 1 Samuel 14:36

    And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “people said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  8. 1 Samuel 14:38

    And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.

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

  9. 1 Samuel 14:40

    Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

  10. 1 Samuel 14:41

    Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul

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

  11. 1 Samuel 14:42

    And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.

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

  12. 1 Samuel 14:43

    Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod; and now death is to be my fate.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

  13. 1 Samuel 14:44

    And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.

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

  14. 1 Samuel 14:45

    And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan

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

  15. 1 Samuel 15:1

    And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.

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

  16. 1 Samuel 15:2

    The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.

    אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he says”

  17. 1 Samuel 15:6

    And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.

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

  18. 1 Samuel 15:10

    Then the Lord said to Samuel,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  19. 1 Samuel 15:12

    And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  20. 1 Samuel 15:13

    And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.

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

  21. 1 Samuel 15:14

    And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?

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

  22. 1 Samuel 15:15

    And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

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

  23. 1 Samuel 15:16

    Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.yo.me.ru “he said”

  24. 1 Samuel 15:17

    And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

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

  25. 1 Samuel 15:18

    And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

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