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H0559אָמַרa.mar
to sayPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant: 'Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man of God, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof.
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”
But he said: 'Then bring meal.' And he cast it into the pot; and he said: 'Pour out for the people, that they may eat.' And there was no harm in the pot.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said: 'Give unto the people, that they may eat.'
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.'
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”אָמַ֛ר 'a.Mar “he says”
And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (תֹּ֙אמֶר֙) To.mer “she said”
And he went in, and told his lord, saying: `Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And the king of Aram said: 'Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel.' And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying: 'And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying: 'Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.'
לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying: 'Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come back to thee, and thou shalt be clean.'
לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said: 'Behold, I thought: He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”אָמַ֜רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”
And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and said: 'My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee: Wash, and be clean?'
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (יֹּאמְר֗וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he has said”
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said: 'Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.'
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (יֹּ֗אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
But he said: 'As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.' And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And Naaman said: 'If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (יֹּאמֶר֮) i.yo.Mer “he said”
And he said unto him: 'Go in peace.' So he departed from him some way.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Aramean, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; as the LORD liveth, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said: 'Is all well?'
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said: 'All is well. My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.'
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”
And Naaman said: 'Be content, take two talents.' And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bore them before him.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him: 'Whence comest thou, Gehazi?' And he said: 'Thy servant went no whither.'
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And he said unto him: 'Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha: 'Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (יֹּאמְר֥וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”