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Lexicon :: Strong's H559 - 'āmar

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אָמַר
Transliteration
'āmar
Pronunciation
aw-mar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 3:1Genesis 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H559 matches the Hebrew אָמַר ('āmar),
which occurs 269 times in 221 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Jdg 1:1–Jdg 7:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 -

Now it happened after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel asked of [fn]Yahweh, saying H559, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:2 - And Yahweh said H559, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - Then Judah said H559 to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into [fn]the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and [fn]I in turn will go with you into [fn]the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adoni-bezek said H559, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:12 - And Caleb said H559, “The one who strikes Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah as a wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:14 - Now it happened that when she came to him, she enticed him to ask her father for the field. Then she alighted from [fn]her donkey, and Caleb said H559 to her, “What [fn]do you want?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:15 - And she said H559 to him, “Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the [fn]Negev, so you shall give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - Then the [fn]spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said H559 to him, “Please show us the entrance to the city, and we will treat you with lovingkindness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:1 -

Then the angel of Yahweh came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said H559, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said H559, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:3 - “Therefore I also said H559, ‘I will not drive them out before you; but they will [fn]become as thorns in your sides, and their gods will become a snare to you.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:20 - So the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, and He said H559, “Because this nation has trespassed against My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself turned back from the graven images which were at Gilgal and said H559, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he said H559, “Keep silence.” And all who stood by him left him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:20 - But Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said H559, “I have a message from God for you.” And he arose from his seat.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:24 -

Now he went out, and his servants came in and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said H559, “He is surely [fn]relieving himself in the cool room.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - Then he said H559 to them, “Pursue them, for Yahweh has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands.” So they went down after him and captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab and did not allow anyone to cross.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:6 - Then she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said H559 to him, “Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded, ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:8 - Then Barak said H559 to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:9 - So she said H559, “I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for Yahweh will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:14 - And Deborah said H559 to Barak, “Arise! For this is the day in which Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand; has not Yahweh gone out before you?” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:18 - And Jael went out to meet Sisera and said H559 to him, “Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a [fn]rug.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - Then he said H559 to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a [fn]bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:20 - And he said H559 to her, “Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and asks of you and says H559, ‘Is there a man here?’ that you shall say H559, ‘No.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - Now behold, Barak was pursuing Sisera, and Jael came out to meet him and said H559 to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered [fn]with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:1 -

Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 -

‘Curse Meroz,’ said H559 the angel of Yahweh,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - that Yahweh sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said H559 to them, “Thus says H559 Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:10 - and I said H559 to you, “I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But you have not listened to My voice.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:12 - And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him and said H559 to him, “Yahweh is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:13 - Then Gideon said H559 to him, “O my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His wondrous deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying H559, ‘Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:14 - Then Yahweh turned to him and said H559, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:15 - But he said H559 to Him, “O Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - But Yahweh said H559 to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike down Midian as one man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:17 - So [fn]Gideon said H559 to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your eyes, then do a sign for me that it is You who speak with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - “Please do not depart from here until I come back to You, and I bring out my offering and lay it before You.” And He said H559, “I will remain until you return.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - And the angel of God said H559 to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh, so [fn]he said H559, “Alas, O Lord Yahweh! For now I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:23 - And Yahweh said H559 to him, “Peace to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:25 -

Now it happened on the same night that Yahweh said H559 to him, “Take your father’s bull [fn]and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the [fn]Asherah that is beside it,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - And they said H559 to one another, “Who did this thing?” And when they searched about and inquired, they said H559, “Gideon the son of Joash did this thing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men of the city said H559 to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:31 - But Joash said H559 to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal, or will you save him? Whoever will contend for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:32 - Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, that is to say H559, “Let Baal contend against him,” because he had torn down his altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:36 -

Then Gideon said H559 to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand, as You have spoken,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:39 - Then Gideon said H559 to God, “Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:2 -

And Yahweh said H559 to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, lest Israel honor themselves, saying H559, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:3 - “So now, [fn]come, call out in the hearing of the people, saying H559, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.’” So 22,000 people returned, but 10,000 remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:4 -

Then Yahweh said H559 to Gideon, “The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And it will be that he of whom I say H559 to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say H559 to you, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:5 - So he brought the people down to the water. And Yahweh said H559 to Gideon, “Everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him aside by himself, and so also everyone who kneels to drink.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And Yahweh said H559 to Gideon, “I will save you with the 300 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:9 -

Now it happened the same night that Yahweh said H559 to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands.


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