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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [supplied: or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Saul commanded his servants, [supplied: saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”תֹאמְר֣וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”
Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (תֹּ֖אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he said”
It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “someone said”
He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
יֹֽאמְר֔וּ yo.me.Ru “people say”
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (יֹּ֛אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he has said”
Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”תֹּאמַ֥ר to.Mar “it will say”
David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (אָמַרְתָּ֗) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
יֹאמַ֛ר yo.Mar “he will say”
Jonathan said, Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly?
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. They went out both of them into the field.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”