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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Therefore he said unto his servants: 'See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire.' And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him: 'Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Absalom answered Joab: 'Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniqu
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֡ר (אמֹ֡ר) Mor “saying”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”
And Absalom used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: 'Of what city art thou?' And he said: 'Thy servant is
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Absalom said unto him: 'See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Absalom said moreover: 'Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Absalom said unto the king: 'I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Aram, saying: If the LORD shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And the king said unto him: 'Go in peace.' So he arose, and went to Hebron.
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ (יֹּֽאמֶר) i.yo.mer- “he said”
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying: 'As soon as ye hear the sound of the horn, then ye shall say: Absalom is king in Hebron.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם (אֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם) 'a.mar.Tem “you will say”
And there came a messenger to David, saying: 'The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem: 'Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom; make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king's servants said unto the king: 'Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose.'
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (יֹּאמְר֥וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite: 'Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king; for thou art a foreigner, and also an exile from thine own place.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Ittai answered the king, and said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be.'
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And David said to Ittai: 'Go and pass over.' And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king said unto Zadok: 'Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back, and show me both it, and His habitation;
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
but if He say thus: I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let Him do to me as seemeth good unto Him.'
יֹאמַ֔ר yo.Mar “he will say”
The king said also unto Zadok the priest: 'Seest thou? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And one told David, saying: 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.' And David said: 'O LORD, I pray Thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And David said unto him: 'If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto Me;
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom: I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ (אָמַרְתָּ֤) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”
And the king said unto Ziba: 'What meanest thou by these?' And Ziba said: 'The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.'
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the king said: 'And where is thy master's son?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said: To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֔ר 'a.Mar “he said”
Then said the king to Ziba: 'Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth.' And Ziba said: 'I prostrate myself; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”