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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 16:22

    And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  2. 1 Samuel 17:8

    He took up his position and in a loud voice said to the armies of Israel, Why have you come out to make war? Am I not a Philistine and you servants of Saul? Send out a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.

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

  3. 1 Samuel 17:10

    And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

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

  4. 1 Samuel 17:17

    And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;

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

  5. 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family fr

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

  6. 1 Samuel 17:26

    And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”

  7. 1 Samuel 17:27

    And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.

    וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “it said”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  8. 1 Samuel 17:28

    And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evi

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

  9. 1 Samuel 17:29

    And David said, What have I done now? was it not only a word?

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

  10. 1 Samuel 17:30

    And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.

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

  11. 1 Samuel 17:32

    And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.

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

  12. 1 Samuel 17:33

    And Saul said to David, You are not able to go out against this Philistine and have a fight with him: for you are only a boy, and he has been a man of war from his earliest days.

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

  13. 1 Samuel 17:34

    And David said to Saul, Your servant has been keeper of his father's sheep; and if a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

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

  14. 1 Samuel 17:37

    And David said, The Lord, who kept me safe from the grip of the lion and the bear, will be my saviour from the hands of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go! and may the Lord be with you.

    וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (יֹּאמֶר֮) i.yo.Mer “he said”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  15. 1 Samuel 17:39

    And David took Saul's sword and put the band round him over the metal coat, and was unable to go forward; for he was not used to them. Then David said to Saul, It is not possible for me to go out with these, for I am not used to them. So David took them

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

  16. 1 Samuel 17:43

    And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.

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

  17. 1 Samuel 17:44

    And the Philistine said to David, Come here to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

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

  18. 1 Samuel 17:45

    Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

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

  19. 1 Samuel 17:55

    And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

    אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  20. 1 Samuel 17:56

    And the king said, Make search and see whose son this young man is.

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

  21. 1 Samuel 17:58

    And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

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

  22. 1 Samuel 18:7

    And the women, answering one another in their song, said, Saul has put to death his thousands and David his tens of thousands.

    וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָ (תֹּאמַ֑רְןָ) to.Mar.na “they said”

  23. 1 Samuel 18:8

    And Saul was very angry and this saying was unpleasing to him; and he said, They have given David credit for tens of thousands, and to me for only thousands: what more is there for him but the kingdom?

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

  24. 1 Samuel 18:11

    And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.

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

  25. 1 Samuel 18:17

    And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.

    וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he said”