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. Genesis 22:11 וַיֹּ֖אמֶרוַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

  2. Genesis 22:12 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

  3. Genesis 22:14 יֵאָמֵ֣ר

    And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

  4. Genesis 22:16 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

    saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

  5. Genesis 22:20 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

  6. Genesis 23:3 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

  7. Genesis 23:5 לֵאמֹ֥ר

    The Hittites replied to Abraham,

  8. Genesis 23:8 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    “If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

  9. Genesis 23:10 לֵאמֹֽר׃

    Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

  10. Genesis 23:13 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

  11. Genesis 23:14 לֵאמֹ֥ר

    Ephron answered Abraham,

  12. Genesis 24:2 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

  13. Genesis 24:5 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

  14. Genesis 24:6 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

  15. Genesis 24:7 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.

  16. Genesis 24:12 וַיֹּאמַ֓ר׀

    “O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

  17. Genesis 24:14 אֹמַ֤רוְאָמְרָ֣ה

    Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

  18. Genesis 24:17 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

    So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”

  19. Genesis 24:18 וַתֹּ֖אמֶר

    “Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

  20. Genesis 24:19 וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    After she had given him a drink, she said, “I will also draw water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.”

  21. Genesis 24:23 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙

    “Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”

  22. Genesis 24:24 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

  23. Genesis 24:25 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    Then she added, “We have plenty of straw and feed, as well as a place for you to spend the night.”

  24. Genesis 24:27 וַיֹּ֗אמֶר

    saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”

  25. Genesis 24:30 לֵאמֹ֔ר

    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.

  26. Genesis 24:31 וַיֹּ֕אמֶר

    “Come, you who are blessed by the LORD,” said Laban. “Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.”

  27. Genesis 24:33 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

  28. Genesis 24:34 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר

    “I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.

  29. Genesis 24:37 לֵאמֹ֑ר

    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

  30. Genesis 24:39 וָאֹמַ֖ר

    Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

  31. Genesis 24:40 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    And he told me, ‘The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you may take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father’s house.

  32. Genesis 24:42 וָאֹמַ֗ר

    So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!

  33. Genesis 24:43 וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י

    Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’

  34. Genesis 24:44 וְאָמְרָ֤ה

    and she replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.

  35. Genesis 24:45 וָאֹמַ֥ר

    And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’

  36. Genesis 24:46 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

  37. Genesis 24:47 וָאֹמַר֮וַתֹּ֗אמֶר

    Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.

  38. Genesis 24:50 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ

    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

  39. Genesis 24:54 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

  40. Genesis 24:55 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”

  41. Genesis 24:56 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר

    But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

  42. Genesis 24:57 וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ

    So they said, “We will call the girl and ask her opinion.”

  43. Genesis 24:58 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּוַתֹּ֖אמֶר

    They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.

  44. Genesis 24:60 וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ

    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”

  45. Genesis 24:65 וַתֹּ֣אמֶרוַיֹּ֥אמֶר

    and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

  46. Genesis 25:22 וַתֹּ֣אמֶר

    But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

  47. Genesis 25:23 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

  48. Genesis 25:30 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר

    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

  49. Genesis 25:31 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר

    “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

  50. Genesis 25:32 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר

    “Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

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