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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

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  1. 1 Kings 9:8

    And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?

    וְאָמְר֗וּ (אָמְר֗וּ) 'a.me.Ru “people will say”

  2. 1 Kings 9:9

    And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this

    וְאָמְר֗וּ (אָמְר֗וּ) 'a.me.Ru “they will say”

  3. 1 Kings 9:13

    And he said, What sort of towns are these which you have given me, my brother? So they were named the land of Cabul, to this day.

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

  4. 1 Kings 10:6

    And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

    וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”

  5. 1 Kings 11:2

    The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

    אָֽמַר־ 'a.mar- “he had said”

  6. 1 Kings 11:11

    So the Lord said to Solomon, Because you have done this, and have not kept my agreement and my laws, which I gave you, I will take the kingdom away from you by force and will give it to your servant.

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

  7. 1 Kings 11:18

    And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

    אָ֣מַר 'A.mar “he assigned”

  8. 1 Kings 11:21

    Now when Hadad had news in Egypt that David had been put to rest with his fathers, and that Joab, the captain of the army, was dead, he said to Pharaoh, Send me back to my country.

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

  9. 1 Kings 11:22

    But Pharaoh said to him, What have you been short of while you have been with me, that you are desiring to go back to your country? And he said, Nothing; but even so, send me back.

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

  10. 1 Kings 11:31

    And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten of the parts, for this is what the Lord has said: See, I will take the kingdom away from Solomon by force, and will give ten tribes to you;

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  11. 1 Kings 12:3

    And all the men of Israel came to Rehoboam and said,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  12. 1 Kings 12:5

    And he said to them, Go away for three days and then come back to me again. So the people went away.

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

  13. 1 Kings 12:6

    Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

    לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

  14. 1 Kings 12:7

    And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a gentle answer, then they will be your servants for ever.

    לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  15. 1 Kings 12:9

    And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

    וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  16. 1 Kings 12:10

    And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

    לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”תֹאמַ֣ר to.Mar “you will say”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

  17. 1 Kings 12:12

    So all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had given orders, saying, Come back to me the third day.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  18. 1 Kings 12:14

    But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.

    לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

  19. 1 Kings 12:16

    And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went awa

    לֵאמֹ֡ר (אמֹ֡ר) Mor “saying”

  20. 1 Kings 12:22

    But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,

    לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  21. 1 Kings 12:23

    Say to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the men of Judah and Benjamin and the rest of the people:

    אֱמֹ֗ר 'e.Mor “say”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (אמֹֽר) Mor “saying”

  22. 1 Kings 12:24

    The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers, the children of Israel; go back, every man to his house, because this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the word of the Lord, and went back, as the Lord had said.

    אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”

  23. 1 Kings 12:26

    And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will go back to the family of David:

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

  24. 1 Kings 12:28

    So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

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

  25. 1 Kings 13:2

    And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings

    וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he says”