H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

Whoso robbeth his father and his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

וְאֹמֵ֥ר (אֹמֵ֥ר) 'o.Mer “[one who] says”

lest I be full and deny [ergänzt: thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.

וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי (אָמַ֗רְתִּי) 'a.Mar.ti “I will say”

The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three [ergänzt: things] never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:

אָ֥מְרוּ 'A.me.ru “they say”

-- Sheol, and the barren womb; the earth which is not filled with water, and the fire which saith not, It is enough.

אָ֥מְרָה 'A.me.rah “it says”

Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

וְ֝אָמְרָ֗ה (אָמְרָ֗ה) 'a.me.Rah “she says”

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities! all is vanity.

אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar “he said”

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

שֶׁיֹּאמַ֥ר (יֹּאמַ֥ר) yo.Mar “anyone will say”

I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have acquired wisdom more than all they that have been before me over Jerusalem; and my heart hath seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?

אָמַ֣רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

וְאָמַ֨רְתִּֽי (אָמַ֨רְתִּֽי) 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

I said in my heart, It is thus with the children of men, that God may prove them, and that they should see that they themselves are but beasts.

אָמַ֤רְתִּֽי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an inadvertence. Wherefore should God be wroth at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

תֹּאמַר֙ to.Mar “you say”

If a man beget a hundred [ergänzt: sons], and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and also he have no burial, I say an untimely birth is better than he.

אָמַ֕רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I say”

Say not, How is it that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

תֹּאמַר֙ to.Mar “you say”

All this have I tried by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

אָמַ֣רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

See this which I have found, saith the Preacher, [ergänzt: searching] one by one to find out the reason;

אָמְרָ֖ה 'a.me.Rah “she said”

because the word of a king is power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

יֹֽאמַר־ yo.mar- “will he say”

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous [ergänzt: men] unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; and there are wicked [ergänzt: men] to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

אָמַ֕רְתִּי 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

then I saw that all [ergänzt: is] the work of God, [ergänzt: and] that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however man may labour to seek [ergänzt: it] out, yet doth he not find [ergänzt: it]; and even, if a wise [ergänzt: man] think to know [ergänzt: it], he shall not be able to find [ergänzt: it] out.

יֹאמַ֤ר yo.Mar “he will say”

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

וְאָמַ֣רְתִּי (אָמַ֣רְתִּי) 'a.Mar.ti “I said”

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [ergänzt: him], and he saith to every one [ergänzt: that] he is a fool.

וְאָמַ֥ר (אָמַ֥ר) 'a.Mar “he says”

And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, of which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

תֹּאמַ֔ר to.Mar “you will say”

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.

אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he said”