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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And David said to Saul: 'Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying: Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said: I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD'S anoin
וְאָמַ֥ר (אָמַ֥ר) 'a.Mar “someone said”וָאֹמַ֗ר (אֹמַ֗ר) 'o.Mar “I said”
As saith the proverb of the ancients: Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
יֹאמַ֗ר yo.Mar “it says”
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said: 'Is this thy voice, my son David?' And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said to David: `Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men: 'Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
and thus ye shall say: All hail! and peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם (אֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם) 'a.mar.Tem “you will say”
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said: 'Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master;
וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David said unto his men: 'Gird ye on every man his sword.' And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying: 'Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he flew upon them.
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And she said unto her young men: 'Go on before me; behold, I come after you.' But she told not her husband Nabal.
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.
אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he had said”
And she fell at his feet, and said: 'Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid.
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר (תֹּ֕אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And David said to Abigail: 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me;
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him; and he said unto her: 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.'
אָמַ֗ר 'a.Mar “he said”
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back His servant from evil; and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head.' A
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (יֹּ֡אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying: 'David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And she arose, and bowed down with her face to the earth, and said: 'Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (תֹּ֗אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying: 'Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying: 'Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?' And Abishai said: 'I will go down with thee.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then said Abishai to David: 'God hath delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David said to Abishai: 'Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?'
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying: 'Answerest thou not, Abner?' Then Abner answered and said: 'Who art thou that criest to the king?'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David said to Abner: 'Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”