אָמַר
to say
also: speak, utter fuller range ↓
H559
Strong's Hebrew
ʼâmar
Transliteration
/aw-mar'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
5,314
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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BDB Definition
to say, speak, utter
- (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
- (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
- (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
- (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”).
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘avow’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Exodus
- Exodus 1:9 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
- Exodus 1:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
- Exodus 1:16 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."
- Exodus 1:18 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?"
- Exodus 1:19 וַ/תֹּאמַ֤רְןָ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
- Exodus 1:22 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
- Exodus 2:6 וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs She opened it, and saw the child, and, behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
- Exodus 2:7 וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Should I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"
- Exodus 2:8 וַ/תֹּֽאמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." The maiden went and called the child's mother.
- Exodus 2:9 וַ/תֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away, and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." The woman took the child, and nursed it.
- Exodus 2:10 וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water."
- Exodus 2:13 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, "Why do you strike your fellow?"
- Exodus 2:14 וַ֠/יֹּאמֶר אֹמֵ֔ר וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal ptcp.act ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you plan to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid, and said, "Surely this thing is known."
- Exodus 2:18 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When they came to Reuel, their father, he said, "How is it that you have returned so early today?"
- Exodus 2:19 וַ/תֹּאמַ֕רְןָ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp They said, "An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock."
- Exodus 2:20 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
- Exodus 2:22 אָמַ֔ר Qal pf 3ms She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land."
- Exodus 3:3 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 3:4 וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."
- Exodus 3:5 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Don't come close. Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
- Exodus 3:6 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
- Exodus 3:7 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Exodus 3:11 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
- Exodus 3:12 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
- Exodus 3:13 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וְ/אָמַרְתִּ֣י וְ/אָֽמְרוּ אֹמַ֖ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 1cs conj + Qal wpf 3cp Qal impf 1cs Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"
- Exodus 3:14 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר תֹאמַר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 2ms God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: "I AM has sent me to you."
- Exodus 3:15 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ תֹאמַר֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 2ms God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
- Exodus 3:16 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֤ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר conj + Qal wpf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
- Exodus 3:17 וָ/אֹמַ֗ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'
- Exodus 3:18 וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
- Exodus 4:1 וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶר יֹֽאמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 3mp Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
- Exodus 4:2 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod."
- Exodus 4:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.
- Exodus 4:4 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
- Exodus 4:6 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
- Exodus 4:7 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Put your hand inside your cloak again." He put his hand inside his cloak again, and when he took it out of his cloak, behold, it had turned again as his other flesh.
- Exodus 4:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
- Exodus 4:11 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?
- Exodus 4:13 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
- Exodus 4:14 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Moses, and he said, "What about Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Also, behold, he comes forth to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
- Exodus 4:18 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
- Exodus 4:19 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
- Exodus 4:21 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.
- Exodus 4:22 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal pf 3ms You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,
- Exodus 4:23 וָ/אֹמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
- Exodus 4:25 וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then Zipporah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet; and she said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me."
- Exodus 4:26 אָֽמְרָ֔ה Qal pf 3fs So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
- Exodus 4:27 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Aaron, "Go into the wilderness to meet Moses." He went, and met him on God's mountain, and kissed him.
- Exodus 5:1 וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal pf 3ms Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, "This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"
- Exodus 5:2 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh said, "Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don't know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
- Exodus 5:3 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
- Exodus 5:4 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The king of Egypt said to them, "Why do you, Moses and Aaron, take the people from their work? Get back to your burdens!"
- Exodus 5:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."
- Exodus 5:6 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs The same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying,
- Exodus 5:8 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.'
- Exodus 5:10 וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs Qal pf 3ms The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, This is what Pharaoh says: "I will not give you straw.
- Exodus 5:13 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs The taskmasters were urgent saying, "Fulfill your work quota daily, as when there was straw!"
- Exodus 5:14 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
- Exodus 5:15 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?
- Exodus 5:16 אֹמְרִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, 'Make brick!' and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people."
- Exodus 5:17 וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר אֹֽמְרִ֔ים conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal ptcp.act mp But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
- Exodus 5:19 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs The officers of the children of Israel saw that they were in trouble, when it was said, "You shall not diminish anything from your daily quota of bricks!"
- Exodus 5:21 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they said to them, "May Yahweh look at you, and judge, because you have made us a stench to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."
- Exodus 5:22 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent me?
- Exodus 6:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh, for by a strong hand he shall let them go, and by a strong hand he shall drive them out of his land."
- Exodus 6:2 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God spoke to Moses, and said to him, "I am Yahweh;
- Exodus 6:6 אֱמֹ֥ר Qal impv 2ms Therefore tell the children of Israel, 'I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments:
- Exodus 6:10 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 6:12 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
- Exodus 6:26 אָמַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Yahweh said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts."
- Exodus 6:29 לֵּ/אמֹ֖ר prep + Qal inf.cs that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "I am Yahweh. Speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you."
- Exodus 6:30 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
- Exodus 7:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet.
- Exodus 7:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Exodus 7:9 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ prep + Qal inf.cs conj + Qal wpf 2ms "When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.'"
- Exodus 7:14 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.
- Exodus 7:16 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wpf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs You shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven't listened.
- Exodus 7:17 אָמַ֣ר Qal pf 3ms Thus says Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am Yahweh. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
- Exodus 7:19 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱמֹ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'"
- Exodus 8:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal pf 3ms Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱמֹ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 8:8 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 8:9 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."
- Exodus 8:10 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our God.
- Exodus 8:16 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֱמֹר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 8:19 וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
- Exodus 8:20 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms Qal pf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 8:25 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"
- Exodus 8:26 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
- Exodus 8:27 יֹאמַ֥ר Qal impf 3ms We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
- Exodus 8:28 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."
- Exodus 8:29 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh."
- Exodus 9:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:5 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."
- Exodus 9:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
- Exodus 9:13 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal pf 2ms Qal pf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 9:22 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 9:27 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- Exodus 9:29 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's.
- Exodus 10:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
- Exodus 10:3 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal pf 3ms Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, "This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.
- Exodus 10:7 וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don't you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"
- Exodus 10:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve Yahweh your God; but who are those who will go?"
- Exodus 10:9 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to Yahweh."
- Exodus 10:10 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to them, "Yahweh be with you if I will let you go with your little ones! See, evil is clearly before your faces.
- Exodus 10:12 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."
- Exodus 10:16 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, "I have sinned against Yahweh your God, and against you.
- Exodus 10:21 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."
- Exodus 10:24 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve Yahweh. Only let your flocks and your herds stay behind. Let your little ones also go with you."
- Exodus 10:25 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.
- Exodus 10:28 וַ/יֹּֽאמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
- Exodus 10:29 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more."
- Exodus 11:1 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Yet one plague more will I bring on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
- Exodus 11:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,
- Exodus 11:8 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs All these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, 'Get out, and all the people who follow you; and after that I will go out.'" He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
- Exodus 11:9 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh won't listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 12:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
- Exodus 12:3 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
- Exodus 12:21 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.
- Exodus 12:26 יֹאמְר֥וּ Qal impf 3mp It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
- Exodus 12:27 וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
- Exodus 12:31 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!
- Exodus 12:33 אָמְר֖וּ Qal pf 3cp The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."
- Exodus 12:43 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,
- Exodus 13:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 13:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:8 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall tell your son in that day, saying, 'It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.'
- Exodus 13:14 לֵ/אמֹ֣ר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ prep + Qal inf.cs conj + Qal wpf 2ms It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' that you shall tell him, 'By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage;
- Exodus 13:17 אָמַ֣ר Qal pf 3ms It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
- Exodus 13:19 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you."
- Exodus 14:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 14:3 וְ/אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'
- Exodus 14:5 וַ/יֹּֽאמרוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?"
- Exodus 14:11 וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said to Moses, "Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?
- Exodus 14:12 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Isn't this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians?' For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness."
- Exodus 14:13 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today: for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you shall never see them again.
- Exodus 14:15 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward.
- Exodus 14:25 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh fights for them against the Egyptians!"
- Exodus 14:26 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen."
- Exodus 15:1 וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:9 אָמַ֥ר Qal pf 3ms The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
- Exodus 15:24 לֵּ/אמֹ֖ר prep + Qal inf.cs The people murmured against Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?"
- Exodus 15:26 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and he said, "If you will diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you."
- Exodus 16:3 וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
- Exodus 16:4 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then said Yahweh to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
- Exodus 16:6 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening, then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
- Exodus 16:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
- Exodus 16:9 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱמֹ֗ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.'"
- Exodus 16:11 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 16:12 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Exodus 16:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "What is it?" For they didn't know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."
- Exodus 16:19 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."
- Exodus 16:23 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning."
- Exodus 16:25 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
- Exodus 16:28 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
- Exodus 16:32 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, 'Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 16:33 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations."
- Exodus 17:2 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?"
- Exodus 17:3 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The people were thirsty for water there; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"
- Exodus 17:4 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, "What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me."
- Exodus 17:5 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.
- Exodus 17:7 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, "Is Yahweh among us, or not?"
- Exodus 17:9 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 17:10 אָֽמַר Qal pf 3ms So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 17:14 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky."
- Exodus 17:16 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Yah has sworn: 'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'"
- Exodus 18:3 אָמַ֔ר Qal pf 3ms and her two sons. The name of one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land".
- Exodus 18:6 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her.
- Exodus 18:10 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jethro said, "Blessed be Yahweh, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
- Exodus 18:14 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"
- Exodus 18:15 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- Exodus 18:17 וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
- Exodus 18:24 אָמָֽר Qal pf 3ms So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
- Exodus 19:3 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר תֹאמַר֙ prep + Qal inf.cs Qal impf 2ms Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him out of the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
- Exodus 19:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the people answered together, and said, "All that Yahweh has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:9 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
- Exodus 19:12 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
- Exodus 19:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
- Exodus 19:21 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:23 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
- Exodus 19:24 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."
- Exodus 19:25 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
- Exodus 20:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs God spoke all these words, saying,
- Exodus 20:19 וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
- Exodus 20:20 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."
- Exodus 20:22 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר תֹאמַ֖ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
- Exodus 21:5 אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ Qal inf.abs Qal impf 3ms But if the servant shall plainly say, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;'
- Exodus 22:9 יֹאמַר֙ Qal impf 3ms For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.
- Exodus 23:13 אָמַ֥רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs "Be careful to do all things that I have said to you; and don't invoke the name of other gods, neither let them be heard out of your mouth.
- Exodus 24:1 אָמַ֜ר Qal pf 3ms He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
- Exodus 24:3 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 24:7 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, "All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient."
- Exodus 24:8 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
- Exodus 24:12 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them."
- Exodus 24:14 אָמַר֙ Qal pf 3ms He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
- Exodus 25:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:11 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:17 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 30:22 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Moreover Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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The Hebrew verb אמר centers on the idea of “to say.” One archaism survives in the King James Version — “saith” — where modern Bibles read “said”; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 4,336 verses in 39 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 1:3. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. Dig into 4,336-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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to say
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H559 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 4,336
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 4,336 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #7
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 7 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 4,336 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 2,521 verses · 58%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,175 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 640 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Said 1,837×, Saying 793×, Saith 467×
- American Standard Version: Said 1,687×, Saying 689×, He said 416×
- Berean Standard Bible: Said 1,107×, Says 559×, Saying 313×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Said 1,617×, And 929×, Saying 867×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H559 across 5,308 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 365 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H559 across 5,297 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 419 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H559 across 4,549 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 401 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 754 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H559 across 6,405 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 130 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. א׳ Gn 3:1 +, etc.; Impf. יֹאמַר Gn 31:8 +; וַיֹּא֫מֶר Gn 1:3 +; וַיֹּאמַ֑ר Gn 14:19 +; in Jb always וַיֹּא֑מַר Jb 3:2 +; 3 fs. תֹּאמַר Gn 21:12 +; תֹּאמֵ֑ר Pr 1:21; 1 s. אֹמַר Gn 22:2 +; אוֹמְרָה ψ 42:10; וָאֹמַר Gn 20:13 +; וָאוֹמַר Ne 2:7, 17, 20; 3 m. pl. יֹאמְרוּ Ex 4:1 + etc.; sf. יֹמְרוּךָ ψ 139:20; 2 mpl. תֹּמְרוּ 2 S 19:14 (cf. Köi. p. 385); Imv. אֱמֹר (אֱמָר־) Gn 45:17 +, etc.; Inf. abs. אָמוֹר Ex 21:5 +; cstr. אֱמֹר Ez 25:8 +; (הַ)אֲמֹר Jb 34:18 but read הָאֹמֵר 𝔊 𝔙 Di, or better הֶאָמֹר Inf. abs. c. ה interrog. cf. Ew§ 328 d; sf. אָמְרִי Jos 6:10 +; אֲמָרְכֶם Je 23:38; אֱמָרְכֶם Mal 1:7 +; לֵאמֹר Gn 1:22 +, etc.; Pt; act. אֹמֵר Gn 32:10 +, etc.; pass. הֶאָמוּר Mi 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read הֶאָמוֹר, Inf. abs. c. ה interrog., v. DrExpositor, April, 1887, 263. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- 1. Say (subj. God Gn 3:1 + or man 32:5, serpent 3:1, ass Nu 22:28, horse יֹאמַר הֶאָח Jb 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personif. Jb 28:14 cf. v 22 etc.; so in allegory or fable Ju 9:8 2 K 14:9 etc.; especially in narrat., וַיֹּאמֶר etc., Gn 4:6 + very often): mostly sq. thing said, either subst. Je 14:17 (c. cl. app.) Dt 27:16 f. Ju 12:6; pronoun Gn 44:16 2 K 20:14 +; or (usually) clause Gn 1:3; 3:1; 37:20 + often (orat. recta); with adv. thus, so Gn 32:5 Nu 20:14 1 K 20:3, 5 +; especially כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Ex 5:1; 7:17, 26; 8:16; 1 Ch 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by אֶל Gn 3:1; 15:7; 22:7; Lv 21:1; 2 S 3:7; 1 K 12:5, 23, or לְ Gn 3:13; 4:15; 1 S 20:2; 2 S 2:21; 1 K 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are, א׳ בְּאָזְנֵי Is 49:20 (cf. 5:9 & vid. דבר); א׳ לִפְנֵי Ez 28:9; א׳ לְעֵינֵי Dt 31:7; Jos 10:12; Je 28:11; א׳ בְּ Jo 2:17 ψ 126:2, where בְּ local; in all cases usually sq. dir. obj. of words said, Ex 19:25; Ju 17:2 being singular; Gn 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, cf. Vrss Di; = mention, name, designate Gn 22:2, 3; 43:27, 29 Ex 32:13; Nu 14:40; 1 S 10:16; 16:3; 2 S 6:22 Ne 6:19; cf. ψ 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read יַמְרוּךָ); = tell, declare, proclaim (sq. dir. obj. only) ψ 40:11; Ez 13:7; in reply to question = answer Ex 12:27; Jos 4:7; 1 K 9:9; Je 5:19; 22:9. The obj. spoken of may be referred to by אֶל 2 K 19:32; Je 22:18; 27:19, or לְ Gn 20:13 אִמְרִי לִי say of me, etc. Dt 33:9; Ju 9:54; Is 5:20 ψ 3:3; 71:10, very rarely by a simple accus. Is 3:10 (where read prob. for אִמְרוּ, אַשְׁרֵי), except after אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (cf. אֲשֶׁר 4 d) Gn 3:17; Nu 10:29; 14:31 Dt 28:68; Ju 7:4; 1 S 9:17, 23b; 1 K 8:29; La 4:20; cf. Nu 21:16; 2 K 17:12; 21:4, & (two extreme cases) Is 8:12; La 2:15 (v. DrSm i. 25, 5); הֶֽאָמוּר Mi 2:7 read inf. abs. c. ה interrog. הֶאָמוֹר (v. supr.) shall one say? shall it be said? After another vb. of saying, introducing thing said: Dt 21:7; 25:9; 27:15; Ct 2:10 +, even after אמר Gn 22:7; Lv 21:1; Je 34:2; Est 7:5 +; especially inf. לֵאמֹר, after דבר Gn 8:15, צוה 2:16; 3:17, ענה 41:16, ברך 1:22, נשׁבע 24:7, נדר 28:20, etc.; after אמר 2 S 3:18; 1 K 12:23; 1 Ch 21:18 +; after שׁלח 2 Ch 35:21 שׁוּב Gn 32:7; cf. also Gn 28:6 Ex 5:13; 9:5; 13:8; 17:4; Nu 11:20; Dt 1:28; 13:7; Ju 8:15; 1 S 23:2; 1 K 13:3; Je 32:3; 37:9; Ru 4:4 +; when subj. of לֵאמֹר differs from that of preceding clause Gn 31:1; 38:13, 24 etc.; after שׁמע Is 37:9 = 2 K 19:9. e.g. Genesis 3:1
- 2. Say in the heart (= think) א׳ בלבב Dt 8:17 cf. 1 K 12:26 ψ 10:6, 11, 13; 14:1; 35:25; Is 14:13; 47:8, 10; 49:21; Ec 2:1, 15; 3:17, 18; א׳ לִלְבָבָם Ho 7:2; א׳ אֶל־לִבּוֹ Gn 8:21 said unto his heart (to himself), subj. י׳, cf. 1 S 27:1; אָֽמְרָה נַפְשִׁי La 3:24; thence א׳ alone Gn 20:11; 26:9 Nu 24:11; Ru 4:4; 1 S 20:26; 2 S 5:6; 12:22; 2 K 5:11; Mal 1:7; with כִּי Ju 15:2; in particular = desire מַה־תֹּאמַר נַפְשְׁךָ 1 S 20:4 cf. Est 2:13; sq. inf. = purpose, Ex 2:14 thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Jos 22:33; 1 S 30:6; 1 K 5:19; 2 Ch 28:10, 13; expect 2 S 21:16 he expected to slay David 2 Ch 13:8; 32:1. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:17
- 3. Promise (sq. inf.) 1 Ch 27:23; 2 Ch 21:7; Est 4:7; (id. + ל of pers.) 2 K 8:19; Ne 9:15; (sq. acc. of dir. obj. + ל of pers. + inf. of purpose) Ne 9:23. e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:23
- 4. Command (especially late) sq. אֶל־ of person addressed, Nu 15:28; 1 Ch 21:18; sq. ל Jos 11:9; 2 S 16:11 2 K 4:24; Jb 9:7 ψ 106:24 (v. sub אֲשֶׁר 8 e); sq. inf. 1 S 24:11 1 Ch 21:17; 2 Ch 1:18; 29:27, 36; 31:11; 35:21 Est 1:17; 4:13, 15; 6:1; 9:14; inf. + ל of pers. 2 Ch 14:3; 29:21; 31:4; Ne 9:15; Est 1:10; sq. acc. dir. obj. 2 Ch 29:24 the king commanded the burnt-offering and the sin-offering, cf. 1 K 5:20; Est 2:15; sq. cl. with אשׁר = that Ne 13:19; id. + ל of pers. v 22; sq. cl. with כִּי Jb 36:10; abs. 1 S 16:16 (read however prob. יאמרו for יאמר, cf. Dr); also ψ 105:31, 34; 107:25; 1 Ch 14:12; 2 Ch 24:8; Ne 13:9, 19 (all sq. vb. consec.); command by leter א׳ עִם־הַסֵּפֶר Est 9:25 (sq. impf.); appoint, assign לֶחֶם א׳ לוֹ 1 K 11:18 = threaten sq. inf. Dt 9:25 ψ 106:23. e.g. Numbers 15:28
Niphal
- Pf. נֶאֱמַר Dn 8:26; Impf. יֵאָמֵר Gn 22:14 +; יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֹ Is 4:3; יֵאָמַ֑ר Gn 10:9 +; וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Jos 2:2; be said, told Gn 10:9; 22:14 ψ 87:5; Je 4:11; 16:14 (all abs., indef. subj., of current saying); so said in a book Nu 21:14; be related, told, of vision Dn 8:26; said, told to (sq. ל ind. obj.) Jos 2:2; Ho 2:1(×2) Zp 3:16; either so, or told concerning Nu 23:23; Ez 13:12 (אֶל־); יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם = ye shall be called (it shall be said to you) Is 61:6 (‖ תִּקָּרֵ֔אוּ), cf. 4:3; 19:18; 32:5 (‖ יִקָּרֵא ל) 62:4(×2); hence be called, of Tophet לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֹד הַתֹּפֶת Je 7:32; subj. שֵׁם Gn 32:29; Jb 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל חֶאָמַר, Rabb. (cf. AV) treat הֵאָמַר as Niph. Inf. for לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Pf., אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrog. for emphasis (cf. Je 22:15; 23:26 Ne 13:27), v. Dr§ 9 Di al.; Hoffm., however, reads הֵאָמֵר inf. abs. = imv. ‘so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.’ e.g. Daniel 8:26
Hiphil
- Pf. avow, avouch Dt 26:17 אֶת־י׳ הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֹם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים; v 18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֹ לְעַם (lit. cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpr. vid. Di). e.g. Deuteronomy 26:17
Hithpael
- Impf. יִתְאַמְּרוּ ψ 94:4 subj. כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן act proudly, boast (‖ יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק); prob. also 2 mpl. תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Is 61:6 (in good sense, sq. בְּ of thing gloried in) 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 & cf. 𝔊; GesComm. so De Che Köi. 457 f. (from [ימר] exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but vid. ימר). e.g. Psalms 94:4
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. utter, say (MI Ph. אמר, Aramaic אֲמַר, Ethiopic አመረ I. 2 shew, declare, Arabic أَمَرَ command; perhaps √ אמר orig. = be or make prominent, hence Hithp. infr., אָמִיר; Sab. אמר lofty, epith. of king JHMordtmZMG 1876, 37; cf. DlPr 28 who thinks orig. meaning hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian amâru, see & shew, declare, say)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָמַר I
- (a) to join, knot; to be knotted, thick; b) to heap up; c) transf. to join words, compose, cmp. דבר; d) to contract, bargain, exchange. [As to Assyr. to see, cmp. חמא.])
- 1. to speak, think, say, relate &c. … א׳ ר׳ … א׳ ר׳ Rabbi … related in the name of R. … Ber. 3ᵇ; a. v. fr.—Part. pass. אָמוּר expression. Yoma 70ᵇ, a. fr. הוא הא׳ וכ׳ it is the same expression (‘one ram’) used here and in the Book of Numbers. Sifré Deut. s. 334, a. fr. אֱמוֹר מעתה say from now, i.e. from this draw the conclusion. Gen. R. s. 39 תאמר שהבירה וכ׳ (usu. שמא תאמר) will you say (is it possible), this castle has no commander?—אֲמוּרִים דברים במה (abbr. בד׳'א) in what case are these words said? i.e. this applies only. Ḥull. 3ᵃ; a. fr.—זאת אוֹמֶרֶת this tells, i.e. this proves. Ber. 11ᵇ; a. fr.—אָמְרוּ it is said, told &c.; v. next w.—Inf. לוֹמַר = לֵאמֹר. Ḥag. 14ᵇ; a. fr.
- 2. to vow, devote. אָמוּר (לגבוה) devoted to the Lord. Succ. 55ᵇ; v. אֲמִירָה I, 3, a. אֵימוּרִים.
- (b. h.) to be said, to read … נא׳ כאן … ונ׳ להלן we read here … and we read there … (the same expression is used here and there in the Scriptural text). Ber. 9ᵃ; a. v. fr.—שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (abbr. שנ׳, שנא׳) for it is said in the Scriptures (as evidence in favor of an opinion). Snh. X, 1; a. v. fr.; also כמה שנ׳ (כמו) as it is said.—מִשּׁוּם שנ׳ because it is said in the Scriptures, i.e. you may possibly be misled by a certain expression to think …, therefore another term is used in its stead in an analogous case, or added to the ambiguous word; v. שׁוּם.
אֲמַר
- 1) as preced. 1). Targ. Gen. I, 3; a. v. fr.—א׳ מר above you quoted an authority, or, it has been stated. Ber. 2ᵃ; a. fr.—א׳ קרא the Scripture says. Ib. 13ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Orl. III, end, 63ᵇ, a. fr. אמרונה בשם … (in Bab. heb. אֲמָרוּהָ) they said it in behalf of … i.e. as a tradition.—Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ מילתיה אמרה his word (statement, opinion &c.) proves.—הדא אמרה = זאת אומרת; v. preced.—אַמְרֵי (h. אָמְרוּ) they say, it is said. Sabb. 19ᵃ אמרו עליו על … ואמרי לה וכ׳ it is told about R. …, and another relation refers this to R.—; a. fr.—קאמר, קאמרי &c. = קא אמר &c. Ḥull. 85ᵃ; a. fr.—מנא תימרא whence dost thou prove? Sabb. 23ᵃ; a. fr.—Inf. מֵימַר, מֵימְרָא. סבר מ׳, סבר למ׳ originally he was of the opinion. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ top; Keth. 87ᵇ; a. v. fr.—לְמֵימְרָא does this mean to say? Sabb. 15ᵇ; a. fr. לא אמרן אלא … אבל … this has been said, i.e. this applies only to a case … but if … Ber. 43ᵇ; a. fr.—כְּלוֹמַר as if saying, meaning to say, viz; v. כִּילּוּ.—Y. Kil. IV, 32ᶜ bot. אימורין לבני וכ׳ say ye to &c.—מאי איכא למימר, v. אִיכָּא; Answ. אֵימוּר say … Sabb. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Hor. 13ᵃ א׳ כולה who orders every thing (as an etymol. of אֲמַרְכָּל).—2) to praise, proclaim. Targ. Is. VIII, 13; a. fr.—Part. pass. אָמִיר q. v.
- , contr. אִתְּמַר, אִיתְּ׳ it is said, taught. Targ. Job XXXIV, 31.—Y. Yoma V, end, 43ᵃ אתאמרת, contr. אִתַּמְרַת it has been said with refer. to the opinion of …—אִתְּ׳, אִיתְּ׳ it has been said (above);we have been taught. Succ. 15ᵃ; a. fr.
- same. Targ. Gen. XXII, 14; a. e.
אָמַר II
- , v. אָמַר I, a) to be thick, strong.
- 1. to thrive; to boast, vaunt, be oppressive (cmp. Ps. XCIV, 4). Sot. IX, 15 (49ᵇ) יוקר יַאֲמִיר the nobility shall be oppressive (Snh. 97ᵃ יְעַוֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. X יעוות; Cant. R. to II, 13 הווה).—*[ e.g. Psalms 94:4
- 2. (denom. of מריא to fatten. Sabb. XXIV, 3 (155ᵇ) Bab. מַאֲמִירִין, Ms. Oxf., Mish. a. Y. מַמְרִים, מַמְרִין, v. מרי.]
אֵמֶר
- , v. אֵימַר a. אִמְרָה.
אִמַּר
- lamb, v. אִימַּר.
מְרַר
- same, to be bitter; to grieve, mourn. Perf. מַר, imperf. יֵימַר, יֵמַר. Targ. Is. XXIV, 9. Targ. I Sam. XXX, 6; a. fr.—Targ. Zech. XII, 10 ויֵימְרוּן, v. infra.
- to embitter, aggrieve. Targ. Ruth I, 13 תְמָרְרוּן (ed. Amst. תִמְרְ׳). Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXII, 32 מְמַרְרִין (some ed. מְמַרְרַן; Y. II מַרְרַן).
- 1. same. Targ. Ruth I, 20 (not same. Targ. Ruth I, 20 (not אֲמַרִ׳). Targ. Ex. I, 14; a. e.
- 2. to arrange mourning. Targ. Zech. XII, 10 ויימרון … כמא דמַמְרִין וכ׳ they shall arrange mourning for him, as is arranged for &c. (v. infra).—[אָמְרָרוּ, v. Ithpa.]
- to aggrieve. Targ. Prov. XVII, 25. Targ. Y. I Gen. XLIX, 23 ממרירו, read: מַרְמִירוּ; (Y. II אֲמָרוּ, read: אַמָּ׳ Af.).
- 1. to be enraged, fight. Targ. O. Gen. l. c. (Var. אָמְרָרוּ, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 18; oth. ed. אַמְרָרוּ Af.).
- 2. to mourn. Targ. Zech. l. c. Var. (v. Lag. Proph. I, p. XLII).
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Forms in the corpus
The 578 distinct written forms H559 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 518 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H559, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 4,336 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:3
- Exodus 1:9
- Leviticus 1:1
- Numbers 1:1
- Deuteronomy 1:5
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- Ruth 1:8
- 1 Samuel 1:8
- 2 Samuel 1:3
- 1 Kings 1:2
- 2 Kings 1:2
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
