אָמַר
to say
also: speak, utter fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘avow’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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1 Samuel 336 verses
- 1 Samuel 8:11 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;
- 1 Samuel 8:19 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No: but we will have a king over us,
- 1 Samuel 8:22 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city.
- 1 Samuel 9:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 9:5 אָמַ֛ר Qal pf 3ms When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
- 1 Samuel 9:7 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
- 1 Samuel 9:8 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
- 1 Samuel 9:9 אָמַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he who is now called a Prophet was before called a Seer.)
- 1 Samuel 9:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was.
- 1 Samuel 9:11 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?
- 1 Samuel 9:12 וַ/תֹּאמַ֥רְנָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
- 1 Samuel 9:15 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
- 1 Samuel 9:17 אָמַ֣רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.
- 1 Samuel 9:18 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
- 1 Samuel 9:19 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
- 1 Samuel 9:23 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַ֣רְתִּי conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 1cs Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you.
- 1 Samuel 9:24 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֵ/אמֹ֖ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, Behold, that which has been reserved! set it before you and eat; because to the appointed time has it been kept for you, for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
- 1 Samuel 9:26 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs They arose early: and it happened about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send you away. Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
- 1 Samuel 9:27 אָמַ֣ר אֱמֹ֥ר Qal pf 3ms Qal impv 2ms As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand you still first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God.
- 1 Samuel 10:1 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 10:2 וְ/אָמְר֣וּ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wpf 3cp prep + Qal inf.cs When you are departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will tell you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
- 1 Samuel 10:11 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 10:12 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms One of the same place answered, Who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 10:14 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you? He said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.
- 1 Samuel 10:15 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אָמַ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
- 1 Samuel 10:16 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn't tell him.
- 1 Samuel 10:18 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms and he said to the children of Israel, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you:
- 1 Samuel 10:19 וַ/תֹּ֣אמְרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 2mp but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, [No], but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.
- 1 Samuel 10:22 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, Is there yet a man to come here? Yahweh answered, Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage.
- 1 Samuel 10:24 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Samuel said to all the people, "You see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king.
- 1 Samuel 10:27 אָמְר֗וּ Qal pf 3cp But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
- 1 Samuel 11:1 וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.
- 1 Samuel 11:2 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:3 וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.
- 1 Samuel 11:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:7 לֵ/אמֹר֒ prep + Qal inf.cs He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
- 1 Samuel 11:9 וַ/יֹּאמְר֞וּ תֹֽאמְרוּ/ן֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal impf 2mp + sfx n They said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance. The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
- 1 Samuel 11:10 וַֽ/יֹּאמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Therefore the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.
- 1 Samuel 11:12 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר הָ/אֹמֵ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
- 1 Samuel 11:13 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 11:14 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
- 1 Samuel 12:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 2mp Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
- 1 Samuel 12:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of any man's hand.
- 1 Samuel 12:5 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to them, Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. They said, He is witness.
- 1 Samuel 12:6 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to the people, It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 12:10 ו/יאמר וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.
- 1 Samuel 12:12 וַ/תֹּ֣אמְרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 2mp When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us; when Yahweh your God was your king.
- 1 Samuel 12:19 וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins [this] evil, to ask us a king.
- 1 Samuel 12:20 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
- 1 Samuel 13:3 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
- 1 Samuel 13:4 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs All Israel heard say that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 13:9 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace-offerings. He offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 13:11 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
- 1 Samuel 13:12 וָ/אֹמַ֗ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh: I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Samuel 13:19 אמר אָמְר֣וּ Qal pf 3ms Qal pf 3cp Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- 1 Samuel 14:1 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he didn't tell his father.
- 1 Samuel 14:6 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint to Yahweh to save by many or by few.
- 1 Samuel 14:7 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart.
- 1 Samuel 14:8 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will disclose ourselves to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:9 יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp If they say thus to us, Wait until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:10 יֹאמְר֜וּ Qal impf 3mp But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up; for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be the sign to us.
- 1 Samuel 14:11 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Both of them disclosed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
- 1 Samuel 14:12 וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:17 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
- 1 Samuel 14:18 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:19 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, while Saul talked to the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.
- 1 Samuel 14:24 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
- 1 Samuel 14:28 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint.
- 1 Samuel 14:29 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Samuel 14:33 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר prep + Qal inf.cs conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against Yahweh, in that they eat with the blood. He said, you have dealt treacherously: roll a great stone to me this day.
- 1 Samuel 14:34 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֣ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 2mp Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don't sin against Yahweh in eating with the blood. All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
- 1 Samuel 14:36 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God.
- 1 Samuel 14:38 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been this day.
- 1 Samuel 14:40 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.
- 1 Samuel 14:41 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, Show the right. Jonathan and Saul were taken [by lot]; but the people escaped.
- 1 Samuel 14:42 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and Jonathan my son. Jonathan was taken.
- 1 Samuel 14:43 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. Jonathan told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and, behold, I must die.
- 1 Samuel 14:44 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.
- 1 Samuel 14:45 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
- 1 Samuel 15:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to Saul, Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:2 אָמַר֙ Qal pf 3ms Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 15:6 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you shown kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:10 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Then came the word of Yahweh to Samuel, saying,
- 1 Samuel 15:12 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 15:13 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, Blessed are you by Yahweh: I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:14 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
- 1 Samuel 15:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- 1 Samuel 15:16 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר ו/יאמרו וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me this night. He said to him, Say on.
- 1 Samuel 15:17 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
- 1 Samuel 15:18 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.'
- 1 Samuel 15:20 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
- 1 Samuel 15:22 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said, Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- 1 Samuel 15:24 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 15:26 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 15:28 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to him, Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
- 1 Samuel 15:30 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
- 1 Samuel 15:32 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
- 1 Samuel 15:33 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
- 1 Samuel 16:1 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Samuel 16:2 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וְ/אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. Yahweh said, Take a heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 16:3 אֹמַ֖ר Qal impf 1cs Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.
- 1 Samuel 16:4 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Come you peaceably?
- 1 Samuel 16:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice to Yahweh: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
- 1 Samuel 16:6 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him.
- 1 Samuel 16:7 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Yahweh sees] not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart."
- 1 Samuel 16:8 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
- 1 Samuel 16:9 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, Neither has Yahweh chosen this.
- 1 Samuel 16:10 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
- 1 Samuel 16:11 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? He said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send and get him; for we will not sit down until he come here.
- 1 Samuel 16:12 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful face, and goodly to look on. Yahweh said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.
- 1 Samuel 16:15 וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 יֹאמַר Qal juss 3ms Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
- 1 Samuel 16:17 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.
- 1 Samuel 16:18 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Samuel 16:19 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.
- 1 Samuel 16:22 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.
- 1 Samuel 17:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
- 1 Samuel 17:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- 1 Samuel 17:17 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
- 1 Samuel 17:25 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:26 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ/אמֹר֒ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:27 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs The people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 17:29 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
- 1 Samuel 17:30 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
- 1 Samuel 17:32 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
- 1 Samuel 17:33 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
- 1 Samuel 17:34 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,
- 1 Samuel 17:37 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said, Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. Saul said to David, Go, and Yahweh shall be with you.
- 1 Samuel 17:39 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David girded his sword on his clothing, and he tried to go; for he had not proved it. David said to Saul, I can't go with these; for I have not proved them. David put them off him.
- 1 Samuel 17:43 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- 1 Samuel 17:44 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.
- 1 Samuel 17:45 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 1 Samuel 17:55 אָמַ֗ר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר Qal pf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I can't tell.
- 1 Samuel 17:56 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king said, "Inquire whose son the young man is!"
- 1 Samuel 17:58 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
- 1 Samuel 18:7 וַ/תֹּאמַ֑רְןָ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp The women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.
- 1 Samuel 18:8 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
- 1 Samuel 18:11 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will strike David even to the wall. David avoided out of his presence twice.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אָמַ֗ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.
- 1 Samuel 18:18 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
- 1 Samuel 18:21 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.
- 1 Samuel 18:22 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
- 1 Samuel 18:23 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
- 1 Samuel 18:24 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.
- 1 Samuel 18:25 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר תֹאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 2mp Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 19:2 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
- 1 Samuel 19:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:
- 1 Samuel 19:11 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.
- 1 Samuel 19:14 וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
- 1 Samuel 19:15 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.
- 1 Samuel 19:17 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Qal pf 3ms Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?
- 1 Samuel 19:19 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 19:22 וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.
- 1 Samuel 19:24 יֹֽאמְר֔וּ Qal impf 3mp He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
- 1 Samuel 20:1 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity?" and "What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?"
- 1 Samuel 20:2 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to him, "Far from it; you shall not die: behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so."
- 1 Samuel 20:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David swore moreover, and said, Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, Don't let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.
- 1 Samuel 20:4 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר תֹּאמַ֥ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 3fs Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.
- 1 Samuel 20:5 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
- 1 Samuel 20:6 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗ conj + Qal wpf 2ms If your father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
- 1 Samuel 20:7 יֹאמַ֛ר Qal impf 3ms If he says, 'It is well;' your servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 20:9 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan said, Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn't I tell you that?
- 1 Samuel 20:10 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly?
- 1 Samuel 20:11 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. They went out both of them into the field.
- 1 Samuel 20:12 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan said to David, Yahweh, the God of Israel, [be witness]: when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, [or] the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send to you, and disclose it to you?
- 1 Samuel 20:18 וַ/יֹּֽאמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Jonathan said to him, Tomorrow is the new moon: and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
- 1 Samuel 20:21 אָמֹר֩ אֹמַ֨ר Qal inf.abs Qal impf 1cs Behold, I will send the boy, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I tell the boy, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you; take them, and come; for there is peace to you and no hurt, as Yahweh lives.
- 1 Samuel 20:22 אֹמַר֙ Qal impf 1cs But if I say thus to the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
- 1 Samuel 20:26 אָמַר֙ Qal pf 3ms Nevertheless Saul didn't say anything that day: for he thought, Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.
- 1 Samuel 20:27 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened on the next day after the new moon, [which was] the second [day], that David's place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why doesn't the son of Jesse come to meat, neither yesterday, nor today?
- 1 Samuel 20:29 וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 20:30 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don't I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?
- 1 Samuel 20:32 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
- 1 Samuel 20:36 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 1 Samuel 20:37 וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the boy was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, Isn't the arrow beyond you?
- 1 Samuel 20:40 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city.
- 1 Samuel 21:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
- 1 Samuel 21:2 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know anything of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
- 1 Samuel 21:4 וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?
- 1 Samuel 21:8 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Ahimelech, Isn't there here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
- 1 Samuel 21:9 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it; for there is no other except that here. David said, There is none like that; give it me.
- 1 Samuel 21:11 וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"
- 1 Samuel 21:14 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me?
- 1 Samuel 22:3 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth, [and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.
- 1 Samuel 22:5 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The prophet Gad said to David, Don't stay in the stronghold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 22:9 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:12 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
- 1 Samuel 22:13 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
- 1 Samuel 22:14 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
- 1 Samuel 22:16 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father's house.
- 1 Samuel 22:17 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn't disclose it to me. But the servants of the king wouldn't put forth their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 22:18 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
- 1 Samuel 22:22 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David said to Abiathar, I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned [the death] of all the persons of your father's house.
- 1 Samuel 23:1 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
About this entry
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The Hebrew verb אמר centers on the idea of “to say.” One archaism survives in the King James Version — “saith” — where modern Bibles read “said”; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 4,336 verses in 39 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:3. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. Dig into 4,336-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H559 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 4,336
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 4,336 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #7
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 7 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 4,336 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 4,336 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2,521 verses · 58%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,175 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 640 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Said 1,837×, Saying 793×, Saith 467×
- American Standard Version: Said 1,687×, Saying 689×, He said 416×
- Berean Standard Bible: Said 1,107×, Says 559×, Saying 313×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Said 1,617×, And 929×, Saying 867×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H559 across 5,308 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 365 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H559 across 5,297 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 419 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H559 across 4,549 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 401 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 754 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H559 across 6,405 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 130 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. א׳ Gn 3:1 +, etc.; Impf. יֹאמַר Gn 31:8 +; וַיֹּא֫מֶר Gn 1:3 +; וַיֹּאמַ֑ר Gn 14:19 +; in Jb always וַיֹּא֑מַר Jb 3:2 +; 3 fs. תֹּאמַר Gn 21:12 +; תֹּאמֵ֑ר Pr 1:21; 1 s. אֹמַר Gn 22:2 +; אוֹמְרָה ψ 42:10; וָאֹמַר Gn 20:13 +; וָאוֹמַר Ne 2:7, 17, 20; 3 m. pl. יֹאמְרוּ Ex 4:1 + etc.; sf. יֹמְרוּךָ ψ 139:20; 2 mpl. תֹּמְרוּ 2 S 19:14 (cf. Köi. p. 385); Imv. אֱמֹר (אֱמָר־) Gn 45:17 +, etc.; Inf. abs. אָמוֹר Ex 21:5 +; cstr. אֱמֹר Ez 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Jb 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר 𝔊 𝔙 Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Inf. abs. c. ה interrog. cf. Ew§ 328 d; sf. אָמְרִי Jos 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Je 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Mal 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Gn 1:22 +, etc.; Pt; act. אֹמֵר Gn 32:10 +, etc.; pass. הֶאָמוּר Mi 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֹר, Inf. abs. c. ה interrog., v. DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- 1. Say (subj. God Gn 3:1 + or man 32:5, serpent 3:1, ass Nu 22:28, horse יֹאמַר הֶאָח Jb 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personif. Jb 28:14 cf. v 22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Ju 9:8 2 K 14:9 etc.; especially in narrat., וַיֹּאמֶר etc., Gn 4:6 + very often): mostly sq. thing said, either subst. Je 14:17 (c. cl. app.) Dt 27:16 f. Ju 12:6; pronoun Gn 44:16 2 K 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Gn 1:3; 3:1; 37:20 + often (orat. recta); with adv. thus, so Gn 32:5 Nu 20:14 1 K 20:3, 5 +; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Ex 5:1; 7:17, 26; 8:16; 1 Ch 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Gn 3:1; 15:7; 22:7; Lv 21:1; 2 S 3:7; 1 K 12:5, 23, or לְ Gn 3:13; 4:15; 1 S 20:2; 2 S 2:21; 1 K 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, א׳ בְּאָזְנֵי Is 49:20 (cf. 5:9 & vid. דבר); א׳ לִפְנֵי Ez 28:9; א׳ לְעֵינֵי Dt 31:7; Jos 10:12; Je 28:11; א׳ בְּ Jo 2:17 ψ 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually sq. dir. obj. of words said, Ex 19:25; Ju 17:2 being singular; Gn 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, cf. Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Gn 22:2, 3; 43:27, 29 Ex 32:13; Nu 14:40; 1 S 10:16; 16:3; 2 S 6:22 Ne 6:19; cf. ψ 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim (sq. dir. obj. only) ψ 40:11; Ez 13:7; in reply to question = answer Ex 12:27; Jos 4:7; 1 K 9:9; Je 5:19; 22:9. The obj. spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 K 19:32; Je 22:18; 27:19, or לְ Gn 20:13 אִמְרִי לִי say of me, etc. Dt 33:9; Ju 9:54; Is 5:20 ψ 3:3; 71:10, very rarely by a simple accus. Is 3:10 (where read prob. for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (cf. אֲשֶׁר 4 d) Gn 3:17; Nu 10:29; 14:31 Dt 28:68; Ju 7:4; 1 S 9:17, 23b; 1 K 8:29; La 4:20; cf. Nu 21:16; 2 K 17:12; 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Is 8:12; La 2:15 (v. DrSm i. 25, 5); הֶֽאָמוּר Mi 2:7 read inf. abs. c. ה interrog. הֶאָמוֹר (v. supr.) shall one say? shall it be said? After another vb. of saying, introducing thing said: Dt 21:7; 25:9; 27:15; Ct 2:10 +, even after אמר Gn 22:7; Lv 21:1; Je 34:2; Est 7:5 +; especially inf. לֵאמֹר, after דבר Gn 8:15, צוה 2:16; 3:17, ענה 41:16, ברך 1:22, נשׁבע 24:7, נדר 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 S 3:18; 1 K 12:23; 1 Ch 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Ch 35:21 שׁוּב Gn 32:7; cf. also Gn 28:6 Ex 5:13; 9:5; 13:8; 17:4; Nu 11:20; Dt 1:28; 13:7; Ju 8:15; 1 S 23:2; 1 K 13:3; Je 32:3; 37:9; Ru 4:4 +; when subj. of לֵאמֹר differs from that of preceding clause Gn 31:1; 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Is 37:9 = 2 K 19:9. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- 2. Say in the heart (= think) א׳ בלבב Dt 8:17 cf. 1 K 12:26 ψ 10:6, 11, 13; 14:1; 35:25; Is 14:13; 47:8, 10; 49:21; Ec 2:1, 15; 3:17, 18; א׳ לִלְבָבָם Ho 7:2; א׳ אֶל־לִבּוֹ Gn 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subj. י׳, cf. 1 S 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפְשִׁי La 3:24; thence א׳ alone Gn 20:11; 26:9 Nu 24:11; Ru 4:4; 1 S 20:26; 2 S 5:6; 12:22; 2 K 5:11; Mal 1:7; with כִּי Ju 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תֹּאמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 S 20:4 cf. Est 2:13; sq. inf. = purpose, Ex 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Jos 22:33; 1 S 30:6; 1 K 5:19; 2 Ch 28:10, 13; expect 2 S 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Ch 13:8; 32:1. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:17
- 3. Promise (sq. inf.) 1 Ch 27:23; 2 Ch 21:7; Est 4:7; (id. + ל of pers.) 2 K 8:19; Ne 9:15; (sq. acc. of dir. obj. + ל of pers. + inf. of purpose) Ne 9:23. e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:23
- 4. Command (especially late) sq. אֶל־ of person addressed, Nu 15:28; 1 Ch 21:18; sq. ל Jos 11:9; 2 S 16:11 2 K 4:24; Jb 9:7 ψ 106:24 (v. sub אֲשֶׁר 8 e); sq. inf. 1 S 24:11 1 Ch 21:17; 2 Ch 1:18; 29:27, 36; 31:11; 35:21 Est 1:17; 4:13, 15; 6:1; 9:14; inf. + ל of pers. 2 Ch 14:3; 29:21; 31:4; Ne 9:15; Est 1:10; sq. acc. dir. obj. 2 Ch 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, cf. 1 K 5:20; Est 2:15; sq. cl. with אשׁר = that Ne 13:19; id. + ל of pers. v 22; sq. cl. with כִּי Jb 36:10; abs. 1 S 16:16 (read however prob. יאמרו for יאמר, cf. Dr); also ψ 105:31, 34; 107:25; 1 Ch 14:12; 2 Ch 24:8; Ne 13:9, 19 (all sq. vb. consec.); command by leter א׳ עִם־הַסֵּפֶר Est 9:25 (sq. impf.); appoint, assign לֶחֶם א׳ לוֹ 1 K 11:18 = threaten sq. inf. Dt 9:25 ψ 106:23. e.g. Numbers 15:28
Niphal
- Pf. נֶאֱמַר Dn 8:26; Impf. יֵאָמֵר Gn 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֹ Is 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Gn 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Jos 2:2; be said, told Gn 10:9; 22:14 ψ 87:5; Je 4:11; 16:14 (all abs., indef. subj., of current saying); so said in a book Nu 21:14; be related, told, of vision Dn 8:26; said, told to (sq. ל ind. obj.) Jos 2:2; Ho 2:1(×2) Zp 3:16; either so, or told concerning Nu 23:23; Ez 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Is 61:6 (‖ תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ), cf. 4:3; 19:18; 32:5 (‖ יִקָּרֵא ל) 62:4(×2); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֹד הַתֹּפֶת Je 7:32; subj. שֵׁם Gn 32:29; Jb 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל חֶאָמַר, Rabb. (cf. AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Inf. for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Pf., אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrog. for emphasis (cf. Je 22:15; 23:26 Ne 13:27), v. Dr§ 9 Di al.; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר inf. abs. = imv. ‘so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.’ e.g. Daniel 8:26
Hiphil
- Pf. avow, avouch Dt 26:17 אֶת־י׳ הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֹם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים; v 18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֹ לְעַם (lit. cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpr. vid. Di). e.g. Deuteronomy 26:17
Hithpael
- Impf. יִתְאַמְּרוּ ψ 94:4 subj. כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן act proudly, boast (‖ יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק); prob. also 2 mpl. תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Is 61:6 (in good sense, sq. בְּ of thing gloried in) 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 & cf. 𝔊; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but vid. ימר). e.g. Psalms 94:4
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. utter, say (MI Ph. אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר orig. = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. infr., אָמִיר; Sab. אמר lofty, epith. of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; cf. DlPr 28 who thinks orig. meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see & shew, declare, say)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָמַר I
- (a) to join, knot; to be knotted, thick; b) to heap up; c) transf. to join words, compose, cmp. דבר; d) to contract, bargain, exchange. [As to Assyr. to see, cmp. חמא.])
- 1. to speak, think, say, relate &c. … א׳ ר׳ … א׳ ר׳ Rabbi … related in the name of R. … Ber. 3ᵇ; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. אָמוּר expression. Yoma 70ᵇ, a. fr. הוא הא׳ וכ׳ it is the same expression (‘one ram’) used here and in the Book of Numbers. Sifré Deut. s. 334, a. fr. אֱמוֹר מעתה say from now, i.e. from this draw the conclusion. Gen. R. s. 39 תאמר שהבירה וכ׳ (usu. שמא תאמר) will you say (is it possible), this castle has no commander?—אֲמוּרִים דברים במה (abbr. בד׳'א) in what case are these words said? i.e. this applies only. Ḥull. 3ᵃ; a. fr.—זאת אוֹמֶרֶת this tells, i.e. this proves. Ber. 11ᵇ; a. fr.—אָמְרוּ it is said, told &c.; v. next w.—Inf. לוֹמַר = לֵאמֹר. Ḥag. 14ᵇ; a. fr.
- 2. to vow, devote. אָמוּר (לגבוה) devoted to the Lord. Succ. 55ᵇ; v. אֲמִירָה I, 3, a. אֵימוּרִים.
- (b. h.) to be said, to read … נא׳ כאן … ונ׳ להלן we read here … and we read there … (the same expression is used here and there in the Scriptural text). Ber. 9ᵃ; a. v. fr.—שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (abbr. שנ׳, שנא׳) for it is said in the Scriptures (as evidence in favor of an opinion). Snh. X, 1; a. v. fr.; also כמה שנ׳ (כמו) as it is said.—מִשּׁוּם שנ׳ because it is said in the Scriptures, i.e. you may possibly be misled by a certain expression to think …, therefore another term is used in its stead in an analogous case, or added to the ambiguous word; v. שׁוּם.
אֲמַר
- 1) as preced. 1). Targ. Gen. I, 3; a. v. fr.—א׳ מר above you quoted an authority, or, it has been stated. Ber. 2ᵃ; a. fr.—א׳ קרא the Scripture says. Ib. 13ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Orl. III, end, 63ᵇ, a. fr. אמרונה בשם … (in Bab. heb. אֲמָרוּהָ) they said it in behalf of … i.e. as a tradition.—Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ מילתיה אמרה his word (statement, opinion &c.) proves.—הדא אמרה = זאת אומרת; v. preced.—אַמְרֵי (h. אָמְרוּ) they say, it is said. Sabb. 19ᵃ אמרו עליו על … ואמרי לה וכ׳ it is told about R. …, and another relation refers this to R.—; a. fr.—קאמר, קאמרי &c. = קא אמר &c. Ḥull. 85ᵃ; a. fr.—מנא תימרא whence dost thou prove? Sabb. 23ᵃ; a. fr.—Inf. מֵימַר, מֵימְרָא. סבר מ׳, סבר למ׳ originally he was of the opinion. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ top; Keth. 87ᵇ; a. v. fr.—לְמֵימְרָא does this mean to say? Sabb. 15ᵇ; a. fr. לא אמרן אלא … אבל … this has been said, i.e. this applies only to a case … but if … Ber. 43ᵇ; a. fr.—כְּלוֹמַר as if saying, meaning to say, viz; v. כִּילּוּ.—Y. Kil. IV, 32ᶜ bot. אימורין לבני וכ׳ say ye to &c.—מאי איכא למימר, v. אִיכָּא; Answ. אֵימוּר say … Sabb. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Hor. 13ᵃ א׳ כולה who orders every thing (as an etymol. of אֲמַרְכָּל).—2) to praise, proclaim. Targ. Is. VIII, 13; a. fr.—Part. pass. אָמִיר q. v.
- , contr. אִתְּמַר, אִיתְּ׳ it is said, taught. Targ. Job XXXIV, 31.—Y. Yoma V, end, 43ᵃ אתאמרת, contr. אִתַּמְרַת it has been said with refer. to the opinion of …—אִתְּ׳, אִיתְּ׳ it has been said (above);we have been taught. Succ. 15ᵃ; a. fr.
- same. Targ. Gen. XXII, 14; a. e.
אָמַר II
- , v. אָמַר I, a) to be thick, strong.
- 1. to thrive; to boast, vaunt, be oppressive (cmp. Ps. XCIV, 4). Sot. IX, 15 (49ᵇ) יוקר יַאֲמִיר the nobility shall be oppressive (Snh. 97ᵃ יְעַוֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. X יעוות; Cant. R. to II, 13 הווה).—*[ e.g. Psalms 94:4
- 2. (denom. of מריא to fatten. Sabb. XXIV, 3 (155ᵇ) Bab. מַאֲמִירִין, Ms. Oxf., Mish. a. Y. מַמְרִים, מַמְרִין, v. מרי.]
אֵמֶר
- , v. אֵימַר a. אִמְרָה.
אִמַּר
- lamb, v. אִימַּר.
מְרַר
- same, to be bitter; to grieve, mourn. Perf. מַר, imperf. יֵימַר, יֵמַר. Targ. Is. XXIV, 9. Targ. I Sam. XXX, 6; a. fr.—Targ. Zech. XII, 10 ויֵימְרוּן, v. infra.
- to embitter, aggrieve. Targ. Ruth I, 13 תְמָרְרוּן (ed. Amst. תִמְרְ׳). Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXII, 32 מְמַרְרִין (some ed. מְמַרְרַן; Y. II מַרְרַן).
- 1. same. Targ. Ruth I, 20 (not same. Targ. Ruth I, 20 (not אֲמַרִ׳). Targ. Ex. I, 14; a. e.
- 2. to arrange mourning. Targ. Zech. XII, 10 ויימרון … כמא דמַמְרִין וכ׳ they shall arrange mourning for him, as is arranged for &c. (v. infra).—[אָמְרָרוּ, v. Ithpa.]
- to aggrieve. Targ. Prov. XVII, 25. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 23 ממרירו, read: מַרְמִירוּ; (Y. II אֲמָרוּ, read: אַמָּ׳ Af.).
- 1. to be enraged, fight. Targ. O. Gen. l. c. (Var. אָמְרָרוּ, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 18; oth. ed. אַמְרָרוּ Af.).
- 2. to mourn. Targ. Zech. l. c. Var. (v. Lag. Proph. I, p. XLII).
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Forms in the corpus
The 578 distinct written forms H559 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 518 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H559, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 4,336 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:3
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:5
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:8
- 1 Samuel 1:8
- 2 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Kings 1:2
- 2 Kings 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.