H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

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

and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek your God, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

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

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

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

For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him.

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

And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.

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

Now when these things were completed, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, [ergänzt: even] of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over [ergänzt: our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

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

And now, what shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

נֹּאמַ֥ר no.Mar “will we say”

which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess [ergänzt: it], is an unclean land through the filthiness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations with which they have filled it from one end to another through their uncleanness.

לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

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

And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

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

And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

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

And they said to me, Those who remain, that are left of the captivity there in the province, are in great affliction and reproach; and the wall of Jerusalem is in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire.

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

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (אֹמַ֗ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And the king said to me, Why is thy face sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sadness of heart. And I was very sore afraid.

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

And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (אֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

And the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

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

And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

וָאֹמַ֣ר (אֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

And the king said to me -- the queen also sitting by him, -- For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? And it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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

And I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may set me forward till I come into Judah;

וָאוֹמַר֮ (אוֹמַר֮) 'o.Mar “I said”

And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

וָאוֹמַ֣ר (אוֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me; as also of the king's words which he had said unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. And they strengthened their hands for the good [ergänzt: work].

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

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of the heavens, he will prosper us, and we his servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.

וָאוֹמַ֤ר (אוֹמַ֤ר) 'o.Mar “I said”