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”

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, who brought us up hither.

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

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath 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: because 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 wrath 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 to the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a free-will-offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

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

Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, 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 our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

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

And now, O our God, what shall we say 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, to which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken foreign wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

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

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

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

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

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

And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.

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

And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

וָאֹמַ֗ר (אֹמַ֗ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Wherefore the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,

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

And 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' sepulchers, lieth waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?

וָאֹמַ֣ר (אֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

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

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

And I said to the king, If it should please the king, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, 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? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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

Moreover, I said to the king, If it should please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah:

וָאוֹמַר֮ (אוֹמַר֮) 'o.Mar “I said”

Then said I to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and its gates are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach.

וָאוֹמַ֣ר (אוֹמַ֣ר) 'o.Mar “I said”

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.

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

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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

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

וָאוֹמַ֤ר (אוֹמַ֤ר) 'o.Mar “I said”