H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.

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

Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyr

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (יֹּאמְר֤וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

For I would not, for shame, make request to the king for a band of armed men and horsemen to give us help against those who might make attacks on us on the way: for we had said to the king, The hand of our God is on his servants for good, but his power a

אָמַ֨רְנוּ 'a.Mar.nu “we had said”לֵאמֹ֗ר (אמֹ֗ר) Mor “saying”

And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord and the vessels are holy: and the silver and the gold are an offering freely given to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (אֹמְרָ֣) 'o.me.Ra “I said”

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittite

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

וָאֹמְרָ֗ה (אֹמְרָ֗) 'o.me.Ra “I said”

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

נֹּאמַ֥ר no.Mar “will we say”

Which you gave to your servants the prophets, saying, The land into which you are going, to take it for a heritage, is an unclean land, because of the evil lives of the peoples of the land and their disgusting ways, which have made the land unclean from

לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”

And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

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

And Ezra the priest got to his feet and said to them, You have done wrong and taken strange women for your wives, so increasing the sin of Israel.

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

Then all the people, answering, said with a loud voice, As you have said, so it is right for us to do.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (יֹּאמְר֖וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ (יֹּאמְרוּ֮) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And said, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great God, greatly to be feared, keeping faith and mercy with those who have love for him and are true to his laws:

וָאֹמַ֗ר (אֹמַ֗ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (אֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Then the king said to me, What is your desire? So I made prayer to the God of heaven.

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

And I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, and if your servant has your approval, send me to Judah, to the town where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, so that I may take in hand the building of it.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (אֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

And the king said to me (the queen being seated by his side), How long will your journey take, and when will you come back? So the king was pleased to send me, and I gave him a fixed time.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

Further, I said to the king, If it is the king's pleasure, let letters be given to me for the rulers across the river, so that they may let me go through till I come to Judah;

וָאוֹמַר֮ (אוֹמַר֮) 'o.Mar “I said”

Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

וָאוֹמַ֣ר (אוֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

אָֽמַר־ 'a.mar- “he had spoken”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, hearing of it, made sport of us, laughing at us and saying, What are you doing? will you go against the king?

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (יֹּאמְר֗וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

וָאוֹמַ֤ר (אוֹמַ֤ר) 'o.Mar “I said”