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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.'
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר (יֹּאמַ֔ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.'
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (תֹּ֗אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And Elijah said unto her: 'Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land.'
אָמַ֨ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And she said unto Elijah: 'What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?'
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”
And he said unto her: 'Give me thy son.' And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he cried unto the LORD, and said: 'O LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?'
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said: 'O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come back into him.'
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: 'See, thy son liveth.'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the woman said to Elijah: 'Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.'
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying: 'Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And Ahab said unto Obadiah: 'Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks; peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: 'Is it thou, my lord Elijah?'
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.'
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אֱמֹ֥ר 'e.Mor “say”
And he said: 'Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (יֹּ֖אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
וְאָמְר֖וּ (אָמְר֖וּ) 'a.me.Ru “they said”
And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here.
אֹמֵ֑ר 'o.Mer “[are] saying”אֱמֹ֥ר 'e.Mor “say”
And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.'
אֹמֵ֔ר 'o.Mer “[are] saying”אֱמֹ֥ר 'e.Mor “say”
And Elijah said: 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him: 'Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And be answered: 'I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed the Baalim.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
Then said Elijah unto the people: 'I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.' And all the people answered and said: 'It is well spoken.'
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.'
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”