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Lexicon :: Strong's H559 - 'āmar

Aa
אָמַר
Transliteration
'āmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 118

Strong’s Definitions

אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x

The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5,308x
The KJV translates Strong's H559 in the following manner: said (4,874x), speak (179x), answer (99x), command (30x), tell (29x), call (7x), promised (6x), miscellaneous (84x).

  1. to say, speak, utter

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

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

    3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

    4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
STRONGS H559: Abbreviations
אָמַר 5287 verb utter, say (MI, Phoenician אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ፡ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר originally = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. below, אָמִיר; Sabean אמר lofty, epithet of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; compare DlProberbs 28 who thinks original meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see, & shew, declare, say) —
Qal Perfect א׳ Genesis 3:1 +, etc.; Imperfect יאֹמַר Genesis 31:8 +; וַיּאֹ֫מֶר Genesis 1:3 +; וַיּאֹמַ֑ר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always וַיּאֹ֑מַר Job 3:2 +; 3rd person feminine singular תּאֹמַר Genesis 21:12 +; תּאֹמֵר֑ Proverbs 1:21; 1st person singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +; אוֺמְרָה Psalm 42:10; וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +; וָאוֺמַר Nehemiah 2:7, 17, 20; 3rd person masculine plural יאֹמְדוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20; 2nd person masculine plural תֹּמְדוּ 2 Samuel 19:14)compare Köi. p. 385); Imperative (אֱמָר־) אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute אָמוֺר Exodus 21:5 +; construct אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Job 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative compare Ew: § 328 d; suffix אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.; Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.; passive הֶאָמוּר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֺר, Infinitive absolute with ה interrogative, see DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263.
1. Say (subject God Genesis 3:1 — Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4, serpent Genesis 3:1, ass Numbers 22:28, horse יאֹמַר הֶאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified Job 28:14 compare Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Judges 9:8; 2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration, וַיּאֹמֶר etc., Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.) Deuteronomy 27:16f.; Judges 12:6; pronoun Genesis 44:16; 2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Genesis 1:3; Genesis 3:1; Genesis 37:20 + often (oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb thus, so Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4; Numbers 20:14; 1 Kings 20:3, 5 + often; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Exodus 5:1; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:1; Exodus 8:20; 1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Genesis 3:1; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; 2 Samuel 3:7; 1 Kings 12:5, 23, or לְ Genesis 3:13; Genesis 4:15; 1 Samuel 20:2; 2 Samuel 2:21; 1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, בְּאָזְנֵי א׳ Isaiah 49:20 (compare Isaiah 5:9 & see דבר); לִפְנֵי א׳ Ezekiel 28:9; לְעֵינֵי א׳ Deuteronomy 31:7; Joshua 10:12; Jeremiah 28:11; בְּ א׳ Joel 2:17; Psalm 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said, Exodus 19:25 being very singular; Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2, 3; Genesis 43:27, 29; Exodus 32:13; Numbers 14:40; 1 Samuel 10:16; 1 Samuel 16:3; 2 Samuel 6:22; Nehemiah 6:19; compare Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only) Psalm 40:11; Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question = answer Exodus 12:27; Joshua 4:7; 1 Kings 9:9; Jeremiah 5:19; Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 Kings 19:32; Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 27:19, or לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִֹי say of me, etc. Deuteronomy 33:9; Judges 9:54; Isaiah 5:20; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d) Genesis 3:17; Numbers 10:29; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 28:68; Judges 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:17, 23b 1 Kings 8:29; Lamentations 4:20; compare Numbers 21:16; 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Isaiah 8:12; Lamentations 2:15 (see DrSm i. 24, 5); ֶֽֽֽהאָמוּר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with ה interrogative הֶאָמוֺר (see above) shall one say ? shall it be said ? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said: Deuteronomy 21:7; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; Songs 2:10 +, even after אמר Genesis 22:7; Leviticus 21:1; Jeremiah 34:2; Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive לֵאמֹר, after דבר Genesis 8:15, צוה Genesis 2:16, ענה Genesis 44:16, ברך Genesis 1:22, נשׁבע Genesis 24:7, נדר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 Samuel 3:18; 1 Kings 12:23; Ruth 4:4; 1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Chronicles 35:21, שׁוּב Genesis 32:7 [Genesis 32:6; compare also Genesis 28:6; Exodus 5:13; Exodus 9:5; Exodus 13:8; Exodus 17:4; Numbers 11:20; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 13:7; Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 23:2; 1 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 32:3; Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of לֵאמֹר differs from that of pre-ceding clause Genesis 31:1; Genesis 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Isaiah 37:9 = 2 Kings 19:9.
2. Say in the heart (= think) בלבב א׳ Deuteronomy 8:17 compare 1 Kings 12:26; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1; Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 47:8, 10; Isaiah 49:21; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; Ecclesiastes 3:17, 18; לִלְבָבָם א׳ Hosea 7:2; אֶל־לִבּוֺ א׳ Genesis 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subject י׳, compare 1 Samuel 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפֲשִׁי Lamentations 3:24; thence א׳ alone Genesis 20:11; Genesis 26:9; Numbers 24:11; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 20:26; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Kings 5:11; followed by clause with כִּי Judges 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תּאֹמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:4 compare Esther 2:13; followed by infinitive = purpose, Exodus 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian ? Joshua 22:33; 1 Samuel 30:6; 1 Kings 5:9 [1 Kings 5:5]; 2 Chronicles 28:10, 13; expect 2 Samuel 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Chronicles 13:8; 32:1.
3. Promise (followed by infinitive) 1 Chronicles 27:23; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 4:7; (id. + ל of person) 2 Kings 8:19; Nehemiah 9:15; (followed by accusative of direct object + ל of person + infinitive of purpose) Nehemiah 9:23.
4. Command (especially late) followed by אֶל־ of person addressed, Numbers 15:38; 1 Chronicles 21:18; followed by ל Joshua 11:9; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 4:24; Job 9:7; Psalm 106:34 (see below אֲשֶׁר 8e); followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 1:18; 2 Chronicles 29:27, 30; 31:11; 35:21; Esther 1:17; Esther 4:13, 15; Esther 6:1; Esther 9:14; followed by infinitive + ל of pers, 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 29:21; 31:4; Esther 1:10; followed by accusative direct object 2 Chronicles 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, compare 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; Esther 2:15; followed by clause with אשׁר = that Nehemiah 13:19; id. + ל of person Nehemiah 13:22; followed by clause with כִּי Job 36:10; absolute 1 Samuel 16:16 (read however probably יאמרו for יאמר, compare Dr); also Psalm 105:31; Psalm 105:34; Psalm 107:25; 1 Chronicles 14:12; 2 Chronicles 24:8; Nehemiah 13:9, 19 (all followed by verb consecutive); command by letter עִם־הַסֵּפֶר א׳ Esther 9:25 (followed by imperfect); appoint, assign לוֺ לֶחֶם א׳ 1 Kings 11:18 = threaten followed by infinitive Deuteronomy 9:25; Psalm 106:23.
† Niph. Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26; Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֺ Isaiah 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Genesis 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Joshua 2:2; be said, told Genesis 10:9; Genesis 22:14; Psalm 87:5; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so said in a book Numbers 21:14; be related, told, of vision Daniel 8:26; said, told to (followed by ל indirect object) Joshua 2:2; Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or told concerning Numbers 23:23; Ezekiel 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Isaiah 61:6 (|| תִּקָּרְאוּ), compare Isaiah 4:3; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 32:5 (|| יִקָּרֵא ל) Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֺד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject שֵׁם Genesis 32:29; Job 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר, Rabb (compare AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Infinitive for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect, אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare Jeremiah 22:15; Jeremiah 23:26; Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr§ 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'
† Hiph. Perfect avow, avouch Deuteronomy 26:17 הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֺם לִהְיוֺת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים אֶת־י׳; Deuteronomy 26:18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֺ לְעַם (literally cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).
† Hithp. Imperfect יִתְאַמְּרוּ Psalm 94:4 subject אָ֑וֶן כָּל־פֹּצֲלֵי act proudly, boast (|| יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also 2nd person masculine plural תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by בְּ of thing gloried in) Syriac Version Vulgate Targum & compare Greek Version of the LXX; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see ימר, מור).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H560.
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Genesis

1:3; 1:3; 1:22; 1:22; 2:16; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:13; 3:17; 4:6; 4:8; 4:15; 8:15; 8:21; 10:9; 10:9; 14:19; 15:7; 20:11; 20:13; 20:13; 21:12; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:7; 22:7; 22:14; 22:14; 24:7; 26:9; 28:6; 28:20; 31:1; 31:8; 32:4; 32:4; 32:6; 32:10; 32:29; 37:20; 38:13; 38:24; 43:27; 43:29; 44:16; 44:16; 45:17

Exodus

2:14; 4:1; 5:1; 5:13; 7:17; 8:1; 8:20; 9:5; 12:27; 13:8; 17:4; 19:25; 21:5; 32:13

Leviticus

21:1; 21:1

Numbers

10:29; 11:20; 14:31; 14:40; 15:38; 20:14; 21:14; 21:16; 22:28; 23:23; 24:11

Deuteronomy

1:28; 8:17; 9:25; 13:7; 21:7; 25:9; 26:17; 26:18; 27:15; 27:16; 28:68; 31:7; 33:9

Joshua

2:2; 2:2; 4:7; 6:10; 10:12; 11:9; 22:33

Judges

7:4; 8:15; 9:8; 9:54; 12:6; 15:2

Ruth

4:4; 4:4

1 Samuel

9:17; 9:23; 10:16; 16:3; 16:16; 20:2; 20:4; 20:26; 23:2; 24:11; 27:1; 30:6

2 Samuel

2:21; 3:7; 3:18; 5:6; 6:22; 12:22; 16:11; 19:14; 21:16

1 Kings

5:5; 5:6; 8:29; 9:9; 11:18; 12:5; 12:23; 12:23; 12:26; 13:3; 14:2; 20:3; 20:5

2 Kings

4:24; 5:11; 8:19; 14:9; 17:12; 19:9; 19:32; 20:14; 21:4

1 Chronicles

14:12; 17:4; 21:17; 21:18; 21:18; 27:23

2 Chronicles

13:8; 14:3; 21:7; 24:8; 28:10; 28:13; 29:21; 29:24; 29:27; 29:30; 31:4; 31:11; 32:1; 35:21; 35:21

Nehemiah

2:7; 2:17; 2:20; 6:19; 9:15; 9:23; 13:9; 13:19; 13:19; 13:22; 13:27

Esther

1:10; 1:17; 2:13; 2:15; 4:7; 4:13; 4:15; 6:1; 7:5; 9:14; 9:25

Job

3:2; 9:7; 28:14; 28:22; 34:18; 34:31; 36:10; 39:25

Psalms

3:3; 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 14:1; 35:25; 40:11; 42:10; 71:10; 87:5; 94:4; 105:31; 105:34; 106:23; 106:34; 107:25; 126:2; 139:20; 139:20

Proverbs

1:21

Ecclesiastes

2:1; 2:15; 3:17; 3:18

Song of Songs

2:10

Isaiah

3:10; 4:3; 4:3; 5:9; 5:20; 8:12; 14:13; 19:18; 32:5; 37:9; 47:8; 47:10; 49:20; 49:21; 61:6; 61:6; 62:4

Jeremiah

4:11; 5:19; 7:32; 14:17; 16:14; 22:9; 22:15; 22:18; 23:26; 23:38; 27:19; 28:11; 32:3; 34:2; 37:9

Lamentations

2:15; 3:24; 4:20

Ezekiel

13:7; 13:12; 25:8; 28:9

Daniel

8:26; 8:26

Hosea

2:1; 7:2

Joel

2:17

Micah

2:7; 2:7

Zephaniah

3:16

Malachi

1:7

H559

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Strong's Number H559 matches the Hebrew אָמַר ('āmar),
which occurs 5,318 times in 4,338 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 87 (Gen 25:33–Gen 29:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - And Jacob said H559, “[fn]First swear to me”; so he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And Yahweh appeared to him and said H559, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell H559 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:7 - Then the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said H559, “She is my sister,” for he was afraid to say H559, “my wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful in appearance.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:9 - Then Abimelech called Isaac and said H559, “Behold, surely she is your wife! How then did you say H559, ‘She is my sister’?” And Isaac said H559 to him, “Because I said H559, ‘Lest I die on account of her.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech said H559, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:11 - So Abimelech commanded all the people, saying H559, “He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Then Abimelech said H559 to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are [fn]too mighty for us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - And the herdsmen of Gerar contended with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying H559, “The water is ours!” So he named the well [fn]Esek, because they quarreled with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not contend over it; so he named it [fn]Rehoboth, and he said H559, “[fn]At last Yahweh has made [fn]room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - And Yahweh appeared to him that night and said H559,

“I am the God of your father Abraham;

Do not fear, for I am with you.

I will bless you and multiply your seed,

For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:27 - And Isaac said H559 to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - Then they said H559, “We see plainly that Yahweh has been with you; so we said H559, ‘Let there now be an oath between us—between [fn]you and us—and let us cut a covenant with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:32 - Now it happened on that day, that Isaac’s servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug and said H559 to him, “We have found water.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 -

Now it happened that when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said H559 to him, “My son.” And he said H559 to him, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - [fn]And Isaac said H559, “Behold now, I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 - But Rebekah spoke H559 to her son Jacob, saying H559, “Behold, I heard your father speaking to your brother Esau, saying H559,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - Then Jacob [fn]answered H559 his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother said H559 to him, “Your curse be on me, my son; only listen to my voice, and go, get them for me.”

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Then he came to his father and said H559, “My father.” And he said H559, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said H559 to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Rise up, please, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:20 - Then Isaac said H559 to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said H559, “Because Yahweh your God caused it to happen to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - Then Isaac said H559 to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 - So Jacob came near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said H559, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:24 - And he said H559, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said H559, “I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 - So he said H559, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine, and he drank.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - Then his father Isaac said H559 to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27 - So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and then he blessed him and said H559,

“See, the smell of my son

Is like the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 - Then he also made a savory dish and brought it to his father; and he said H559 to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:32 - And Isaac his father said H559 to him, “Who are you?” And he said H559, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 - Then Isaac [fn]trembled exceedingly violently and said H559, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came and blessed him? Indeed, he shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 - As Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said H559 to his father, “Bless me, me also, O my father!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:35 - And he said H559, “Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Then he said H559, “[fn]Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said H559, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - But Isaac answered and said H559 to Esau, “Behold, I have made him your master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him [fn]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - And Esau said H559 to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” So Esau lifted his voice and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 -

Then Isaac his father answered and said H559 to him,

“Behold, [fn]away from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,

And [fn]away from the dew of heaven from above.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said H559 in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - Then the words of her elder son Esau were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called her younger son Jacob and said H559 to him, “Behold, your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:46 -

Then Rebekah said H559 to Isaac, “I am tired of [fn]living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?”

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So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him and said H559 to him, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.

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And Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take for himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he commanded him, saying H559, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:13 - And behold, Yahweh stood [fn]above it and said H559, “I am Yahweh, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:16 - Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said H559, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I did not know it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:17 - And he was afraid and said H559, “How fearsome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob made a vow, saying H559, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey on which I am going, and will give me [fn]food to eat and garments to wear,

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And Jacob said H559 to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said H559, “We are from Haran.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:5 - Then he said H559 to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said H559, “We know him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - And he said H559 to them, “Is it well with him?” And they said H559, “It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:7 - And he said H559, “Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Give water to the sheep to drink, and go, pasture them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:8 - But they said H559, “We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we give water to the sheep to drink.”

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26. LOAD PAGE 26 Jos 10:24–Jdg 2:20

27. LOAD PAGE 27 Jdg 3:19–Jdg 8:7

28. LOAD PAGE 28 Jdg 8:9–Jdg 12:1

29. LOAD PAGE 29 Jdg 12:2–Jdg 16:18

30. LOAD PAGE 30 Jdg 16:20–Jdg 21:3

31. LOAD PAGE 31 Jdg 21:5–Rth 4:8

32. LOAD PAGE 32 Rth 4:9–1Sa 7:5

33. LOAD PAGE 33 1Sa 7:6–1Sa 11:14

34. LOAD PAGE 34 1Sa 12:1–1Sa 15:18

35. LOAD PAGE 35 1Sa 15:20–1Sa 18:17

36. LOAD PAGE 36 1Sa 18:18–1Sa 22:9

37. LOAD PAGE 37 1Sa 22:12–1Sa 26:15

38. LOAD PAGE 38 1Sa 26:17–2Sa 1:14

39. LOAD PAGE 39 2Sa 1:15–2Sa 7:18

40. LOAD PAGE 40 2Sa 7:26–2Sa 13:24

41. LOAD PAGE 41 2Sa 13:25–2Sa 16:7

42. LOAD PAGE 42 2Sa 16:9–2Sa 19:19

43. LOAD PAGE 43 2Sa 19:21–1Ki 1:2

44. LOAD PAGE 44 1Ki 1:5–1Ki 3:6

45. LOAD PAGE 45 1Ki 3:11–1Ki 13:3

46. LOAD PAGE 46 1Ki 13:4–1Ki 18:26

47. LOAD PAGE 47 1Ki 18:27–1Ki 21:3

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49. LOAD PAGE 49 2Ki 2:2–2Ki 4:38

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51. LOAD PAGE 51 2Ki 7:1–2Ki 10:5

52. LOAD PAGE 52 2Ki 10:6–2Ki 19:3

53. LOAD PAGE 53 2Ki 19:6–1Ch 13:4

54. LOAD PAGE 54 1Ch 13:12–1Ch 29:1

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56. LOAD PAGE 56 2Ch 18:6–2Ch 25:15

57. LOAD PAGE 57 2Ch 25:16–Ezr 2:63

58. LOAD PAGE 58 Ezr 4:2–Neh 7:3

59. LOAD PAGE 59 Neh 7:65–Est 7:3

60. LOAD PAGE 60 Est 7:5–Job 20:1

61. LOAD PAGE 61 Job 20:7–Job 40:1

62. LOAD PAGE 62 Job 40:3–Psa 64:5

63. LOAD PAGE 63 Psa 66:3–Psa 139:20

64. LOAD PAGE 64 Psa 140:6–Sng 2:10

65. LOAD PAGE 65 Sng 7:8–Isa 20:6

66. LOAD PAGE 66 Isa 21:6–Isa 37:24

67. LOAD PAGE 67 Isa 37:33–Isa 45:13

68. LOAD PAGE 68 Isa 45:14–Isa 63:8

69. LOAD PAGE 69 Isa 65:1–Jer 5:20

70. LOAD PAGE 70 Jer 5:24–Jer 13:12

71. LOAD PAGE 71 Jer 13:13–Jer 22:1

72. LOAD PAGE 72 Jer 22:2–Jer 27:16

73. LOAD PAGE 73 Jer 27:19–Jer 32:15

74. LOAD PAGE 74 Jer 32:16–Jer 37:7

75. LOAD PAGE 75 Jer 37:9–Jer 44:7

76. LOAD PAGE 76 Jer 44:11–Lam 3:57

77. LOAD PAGE 77 Lam 4:15–Eze 11:13

78. LOAD PAGE 78 Eze 11:14–Eze 17:19

79. LOAD PAGE 79 Eze 17:22–Eze 24:6

80. LOAD PAGE 80 Eze 24:9–Eze 32:1

81. LOAD PAGE 81 Eze 32:2–Eze 37:11

82. LOAD PAGE 82 Eze 37:12–Dan 10:19

83. LOAD PAGE 83 Dan 10:20–Amo 5:14

84. LOAD PAGE 84 Amo 5:16–Mic 3:5

85. LOAD PAGE 85 Mic 3:11–Zec 2:4

86. LOAD PAGE 86 Zec 2:8–Zec 11:9

87. LOAD PAGE 87 Zec 11:12–Mal 4:3

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