H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.

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

He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

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

Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

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

David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.

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

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

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

David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

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

David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?

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

Achish said, Against whom have you made a raid today? David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.

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

David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant forever.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me in the host, you and your men.

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

David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.

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

Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at En-dor.

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

Saul disguised himself, and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Please divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whoever I shall name to you.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֹמַ֖ר 'o.Mar “I will say”

The woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: why then lay you a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר (תֹּ֨אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you? He said, Bring me up Samuel.

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul.

וַתֹּאמֶר֩ (תֹּאמֶר֩) to.Mer “she said”לֵאמֹ֛ר (אמֹ֛ר) Mor “saying”

The king said to her, Don't be afraid: for what do you see? The woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

He said to her, What form is he of? She said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a robe. Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (תֹּ֗אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.

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

Samuel said, Why then do you ask of me, seeing Yahweh is departed from you, and is become your adversary?

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

The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (תֹּ֣אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.

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