אָמַר

a.mar

Hebrew H0559 Verb 5,308 occurrences in 4,337 verses
אָמַר to say

1. to say, speak, utter

a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 4,337 verses

  1. Numbers 22:8 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    “Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

  2. Numbers 22:9 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

    Then God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”

  3. Numbers 22:10 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:

  4. Numbers 22:12 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

  5. Numbers 22:13 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”

  6. Numbers 22:14 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

  7. Numbers 22:16 וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּאָמַר֙

    They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

  8. Numbers 22:17 תֹּאמַ֥ר

    for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”

  9. Numbers 22:18 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

  10. Numbers 22:20 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”

  11. Numbers 22:28 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”

  12. Numbers 22:29 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

  13. Numbers 22:30 וַתֹּ֨אמֶרוַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

  14. Numbers 22:32 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

  15. Numbers 22:34 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    “I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”

  16. Numbers 22:35 וַיֹּאמֶר֩

    But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

  17. Numbers 22:37 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”

  18. Numbers 22:38 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

  19. Numbers 23:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

  20. Numbers 23:3 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

  21. Numbers 23:4 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

  22. Numbers 23:5 וַיֹּ֛אמֶר

    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

  23. Numbers 23:7 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

  24. Numbers 23:11 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

  25. Numbers 23:12 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

  26. Numbers 23:13 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

  27. Numbers 23:15 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

  28. Numbers 23:16 וַיֹּ֛אמֶר

    And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

  29. Numbers 23:17 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

  30. Numbers 23:18 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

  31. Numbers 23:19 אָמַר֙

    God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

  32. Numbers 23:23 יֵאָמֵ֤ר

    For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

  33. Numbers 23:25 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

  34. Numbers 23:26 וַיֹּ֖אמֶרלֵאמֹ֔ר

    But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

  35. Numbers 23:27 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    “Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

  36. Numbers 23:29 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

  37. Numbers 23:30 אָמַ֣ר

    So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  38. Numbers 24:3 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

  39. Numbers 24:10 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.

  40. Numbers 24:11 אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙

    Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

  41. Numbers 24:12 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃

    Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

  42. Numbers 24:15 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

  43. Numbers 24:20 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

  44. Numbers 24:21 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

  45. Numbers 24:23 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

  46. Numbers 25:4 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

  47. Numbers 25:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

  48. Numbers 25:10 לֵּאמֹֽר׃

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

  49. Numbers 25:12 אֱמֹ֑ר

    Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

  50. Numbers 25:16 לֵּאמֹֽר׃

    And the LORD said to Moses,

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