H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

So David said to the Gibeonites, What may I do for you? how am I to make up to you for your wrongs, so that you may give a blessing to the heritage of the Lord?

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

And the Gibeonites said to him, It is not a question of silver and gold between us and Saul or his family; and it is not in our power to put to death any man in Israel. And he said, Say, then, what am I to do for you?

וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ (יֹּ֧אמְרוּ) i.Yo.me.ru “they said”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (יֹּ֛אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֹמְרִ֖ים 'o.me.Rim “saying”

And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel,

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

Let seven men of his family be given up to us and we will put an end to them by hanging them before the Lord in Gibeon, on the hill of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

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

And there came against David one of the offspring of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, and having a new sword, he made an attempt to put David to death.

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his help, and, turning on the Philistine, gave him his death-blow. Then David's men took an oath, and said, Never again are you to go out with us to the fight, so that you may not put out the light of Israel.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

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

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

אָמַר֙ 'a.Mar “he said”

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town!

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

And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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

Again the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and moving David against them, he said, Go, take the number of Israel and Judah.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And the king said to Joab and the captains of the army, who were with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan as far as Beer-sheba, and have all the people numbered, so that I may be certain of the number of the people.

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

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

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

And after the people had been numbered, David's heart was troubled. And David said to the Lord, Great has been my sin in doing this; but now, O Lord, be pleased to take away the sin of your servant, for I have done very foolishly

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

And David got up in the morning; now the word of the Lord had come to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

Go and say to David, The Lord says, Three things are offered to you: say which of them you will have, and I will do it to you.

אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of v

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

And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.

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

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord wa

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר (יֹּאמֶר) i.yo.mer “he said”

And when David saw the angel who was causing the destruction of the people, he said to the Lord, Truly, the sin is mine; I have done wrong: but these are only sheep; what have they done? let your hand be against me and against my family.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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

And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.

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

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take whatever seems right to him, and make an offering of it: see, here are the oxen for the burned offering, and the grain-cleaning instruments and the ox-yokes for wood:

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

All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!

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

And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will give you a price for it; I will not give to the Lord my God burned offerings for which I have given nothing. So David got the grain-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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