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. Judges 21:5 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙לֵאמֹ֖ר

    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.

  2. Judges 21:6 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    And the Israelites grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.

  3. Judges 21:8 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

  4. Judges 21:10 לֵאמֹ֗ר

    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.

  5. Judges 21:16 וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ

    Then the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

  6. Judges 21:17 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.

  7. Judges 21:18 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”

  8. Judges 21:19 וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ

    “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

  9. Judges 21:20 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards

  10. Judges 21:22 וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ

    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”

  11. Ruth 1:8 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.

  12. Ruth 1:10 וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה־

    and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”

  13. Ruth 1:11 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?

  14. Ruth 1:12 אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙

    Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons,

  15. Ruth 1:15 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”

  16. Ruth 1:16 וַתֹּ֤אמֶר

    But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

  17. Ruth 1:19 וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה

    So Naomi and Ruth traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole city was stirred because of them, and the women of the city exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”

  18. Ruth 1:20 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

  19. Ruth 2:2 וַתֹּאמֶר֩וַתֹּ֥אמֶר

    And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.

  20. Ruth 2:4 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרוַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ

    Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and said to the harvesters, “The LORD be with you.” “The LORD bless you,” they replied.

  21. Ruth 2:5 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    And Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is this?”

  22. Ruth 2:6 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

  23. Ruth 2:7 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

  24. Ruth 2:8 וַיֹּאמֶר֩

    Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.

  25. Ruth 2:10 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

  26. Ruth 2:11 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

  27. Ruth 2:13 וַ֠תֹּאמֶר

    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

  28. Ruth 2:14 וַיֹּאמֶר֩

    At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.

  29. Ruth 2:15 לֵאמֹ֗ר

    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

  30. Ruth 2:19 וַתֹּאמֶר֩וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

  31. Ruth 2:20 וַתֹּ֨אמֶרוַתֹּ֧אמֶר

    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”

  32. Ruth 2:21 וַתֹּ֖אמֶראָמַ֣ר

    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”

  33. Ruth 2:22 וַתֹּ֥אמֶר

    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”

  34. Ruth 3:1 וַתֹּ֥אמֶר

    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?

  35. Ruth 3:5 וַתֹּ֖אמֶרתֹּאמְרִ֥יֵַ֖

    “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.

  36. Ruth 3:9 וַיֹּ֖אמֶרוַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”

  37. Ruth 3:10 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

  38. Ruth 3:11 תֹּאמְרִ֖י

    And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.

  39. Ruth 3:14 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”

  40. Ruth 3:15 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

    And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

  41. Ruth 3:16 וַתֹּ֖אמֶר

    When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.

  42. Ruth 3:17 וַתֹּ֕אמֶראָמַ֣רֵַ֔

    And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

  43. Ruth 3:18 וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”

  44. Ruth 4:1 וַיֹּ֛אמֶר

    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

  45. Ruth 4:2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.

  46. Ruth 4:3 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.

  47. Ruth 4:4 אָמַ֜רְתִּילֵאמֹ֗רוַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.

  48. Ruth 4:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”

  49. Ruth 4:6 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”

  50. Ruth 4:8 וַיֹּ֧אמֶר

    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”

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