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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 20:12

    And Jonathan said to David, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have had a chance of talking to my father, about this time tomorrow, if his feelings to David are good, will I not send and give you the news?

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

  2. 1 Samuel 20:18

    Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and it will be seen that you are not present, for there will be no one in your seat.

    וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (יֹּֽאמֶר) i.yo.mer- “he said”

  3. 1 Samuel 20:21

    And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

    אָמֹר֩ 'a.Mor “certainly [if] <to say>”אֹמַ֨ר 'o.Mar “I will say”

  4. 1 Samuel 20:22

    But if I say to the boy, See, the arrow has gone past you: then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.

    אֹמַר֙ 'o.Mar “I will say”

  5. 1 Samuel 20:26

    But Saul said nothing that day, for his thought was, Something has taken place making him unclean; it is clear that he is not clean.

    אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he said”

  6. 1 Samuel 20:27

    And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

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

  7. 1 Samuel 20:29

    Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

    וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (יֹּ֡אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  8. 1 Samuel 20:30

    Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

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

  9. 1 Samuel 20:32

    And Jonathan, answering his father Saul, said to him, Why is he to be put to death? What has he done?

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

  10. 1 Samuel 20:36

    And he said to the boy, Go and get the arrow I let loose from my bow. And while the boy was running, he sent an arrow past him.

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

  11. 1 Samuel 20:37

    And when the boy came to the place where the arrow was, Jonathan, crying out after the boy, said, Has it not gone past you?

    וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  12. 1 Samuel 20:40

    And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

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

  13. 1 Samuel 20:42

    And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

    וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  14. 1 Samuel 21:1

    Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

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

  15. 1 Samuel 21:2

    And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has given me orders and has said to me, Say nothing to anyone about the business on which I am sending you and the orders I have given you: and a certain place has been fixed to which the young men are to

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

  16. 1 Samuel 21:4

    And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

    וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

  17. 1 Samuel 21:5

    And David in answer said to the priest, Certainly women have been kept from us; and as has been done before when I have gone out the arms of the young men were made holy, even though it was a common journey; how much more today will their arms be made ho

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

  18. 1 Samuel 21:8

    And David said to Ahimelech, Have you no sword or spear with you here? for I have come without my sword and other arms, because the king's business had to be done quickly.

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

  19. 1 Samuel 21:9

    And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you put to death in the valley of Elah, is here folded in a cloth at the back of the ephod: take that, if you will, for there is no other sword here. And David said, there is no other sword l

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

  20. 1 Samuel 21:11

    And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? did they not make songs about him in their dances, saying, Saul has put to death thousands, and David tens of thousands?

    וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  21. 1 Samuel 21:14

    Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

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

  22. 1 Samuel 22:3

    And from there David went to Mizpeh in the land of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and mother come and make their living-place with you till it is clear to me what God will do for me.

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

  23. 1 Samuel 22:5

    And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

    וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

  24. 1 Samuel 22:7

    Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands;

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

  25. 1 Samuel 22:9

    Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

    וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”