אָמַר
to say
also: speak, utter fuller range ↓
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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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Numbers
- Numbers 1:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 1:48 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 2:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 3:5 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:11 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:14 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
- Numbers 3:40 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
- Numbers 3:44 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 4:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 4:17 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 4:21 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:5 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:11 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 5:12 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
- Numbers 5:19 וְ/אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, 'If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:21 וְ/אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wpf 3ms then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of cursing, and the priest shall tell the woman, 'Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people, when Yahweh allows your thigh to fall away, and your body to swell;
- Numbers 5:22 וְ/אָמְרָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs and this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.' The woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
- Numbers 6:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 6:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,
- Numbers 6:22 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 6:23 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר אָמ֖וֹר prep + Qal inf.cs Qal inf.abs "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.' You shall tell them,
- Numbers 7:4 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵּ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 7:11 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar."
- Numbers 8:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 8:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
- Numbers 8:5 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 8:23 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 9:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Numbers 9:7 וַ֠/יֹּאמְרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"
- Numbers 9:8 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you."
- Numbers 9:9 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 9:10 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Say to the children of Israel, 'If any man of you or of your generations is unclean by reason of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, he shall still keep the Passover to Yahweh.
- Numbers 10:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 10:29 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel.
- Numbers 10:30 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives.
- Numbers 10:31 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.
- Numbers 10:35 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate you flee before you.
- Numbers 10:36 יֹאמַ֑ר Qal impf 3ms When it rested, he said, Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.
- Numbers 11:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- Numbers 11:11 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
- Numbers 11:12 תֹאמַ֨ר Qal impf 2ms Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing-father carries the sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers?
- Numbers 11:13 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- Numbers 11:16 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
- Numbers 11:18 תֹּאמַ֜ר לֵ/אמֹ֗ר Qal impf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you shall eat.
- Numbers 11:20 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- Numbers 11:21 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ אָמַ֗רְתָּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 2ms Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
- Numbers 11:23 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Has Yahweh's hand grown short? now shall you see whether my word shall happen to you or not.
- Numbers 11:27 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms There ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
- Numbers 11:28 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- Numbers 11:29 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yahweh's people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!
- Numbers 12:2 וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said, Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn't he spoken also with us? Yahweh heard it.
- Numbers 12:4 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tent of meeting. They three came out.
- Numbers 12:6 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
- Numbers 12:11 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
- Numbers 12:13 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.
- Numbers 12:14 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
- Numbers 13:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 13:17 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the South, and go up into the hill-country:
- Numbers 13:27 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us; and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
- Numbers 13:30 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
- Numbers 13:31 אָֽמְר֔וּ Qal pf 3cp But the men who went up with him said, We aren't able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
- Numbers 13:32 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs They brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eats up the inhabitants of it; and all the people who we saw in it are men of great stature.
- Numbers 14:2 וַֽ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
- Numbers 14:4 וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- Numbers 14:7 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land.
- Numbers 14:10 וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. The glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
- Numbers 14:11 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have worked among them?
- Numbers 14:13 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Yahweh, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for you brought up this people in your might from among them;
- Numbers 14:14 וְ/אָמְר֗וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
- Numbers 14:15 וְ/אָֽמְרוּ֙ לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wpf 3cp prep + Qal inf.cs Now if you shall kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying,
- Numbers 14:17 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
- Numbers 14:20 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said, I have pardoned according to your word:
- Numbers 14:26 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 14:28 אֱמֹ֣ר Qal impv 2ms Tell them, As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
- Numbers 14:31 אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם Qal pf 2mp But your little ones, that you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.
- Numbers 14:40 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אָמַ֥ר prep + Qal inf.cs Qal pf 3ms They rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned.
- Numbers 14:41 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, seeing it shall not prosper?
- Numbers 15:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 15:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you are come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,
- Numbers 15:17 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 15:18 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Numbers 15:35 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.
- Numbers 15:37 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵּ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 15:38 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Speak to the children of Israel, and bid those who they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue:
- Numbers 16:3 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you, seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?
- Numbers 16:5 לֵ/אמֹר֒ prep + Qal inf.cs and he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, In the morning Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near to him.
- Numbers 16:8 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
- Numbers 16:12 וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, We won't come up:
- Numbers 16:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, "Don't respect their offering: I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them."
- Numbers 16:16 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Korah, You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow:
- Numbers 16:20 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 16:22 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They fell on their faces, and said, God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?
- Numbers 16:23 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:24 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Speak to the congregation, saying, Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Numbers 16:26 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
- Numbers 16:28 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind.
- Numbers 16:34 אָֽמְר֔וּ Qal pf 3cp All Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
- Numbers 16:36 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:37 אֱמֹ֨ר Qal impv 2ms Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are holy,
- Numbers 16:41 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of Yahweh.
- Numbers 16:44 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 16:46 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Yahweh; the plague is begun.
- Numbers 17:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 17:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.
- Numbers 17:12 וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
- Numbers 18:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Aaron, You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
- Numbers 18:20 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them: I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 18:24 אָמַ֣רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
- Numbers 18:25 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 18:26 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe.
- Numbers 18:30 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Therefore you shall tell them, When you heave the best of it from it, then it shall be reckoned to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine-press.
- Numbers 19:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Numbers 19:2 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came yoke.
- Numbers 20:3 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs The people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!
- Numbers 20:7 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 20:10 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
- Numbers 20:12 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, Because you didn't believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
- Numbers 20:14 אָמַר֙ Qal pf 3ms Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has happened to us:
- Numbers 20:18 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.
- Numbers 20:19 וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price of it: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet.
- Numbers 20:20 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
- Numbers 20:23 וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶר לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
- Numbers 21:2 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
- Numbers 21:7 וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us. Moses prayed for the people.
- Numbers 21:8 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.
- Numbers 21:16 אָמַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Numbers 21:21 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Numbers 21:27 יֹאמְר֥וּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:
- Numbers 21:34 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
- Numbers 22:4 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
- Numbers 22:5 לֵ/אמֹ֗ר prep + Qal inf.cs He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.
- Numbers 22:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
- Numbers 22:9 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?
- Numbers 22:10 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],
- Numbers 22:12 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.
- Numbers 22:13 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.
- Numbers 22:14 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.
- Numbers 22:16 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ אָמַר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal pf 3ms They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
- Numbers 22:17 תֹּאמַ֥ר Qal impf 2ms for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.
- Numbers 22:18 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
- Numbers 22:20 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.
- Numbers 22:28 וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?
- Numbers 22:29 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have mocked me, I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed you.
- Numbers 22:30 וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3fs conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to do so to you? and he said, No.
- Numbers 22:32 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The angel of Yahweh said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because your way is perverse before me:
- Numbers 22:34 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to the angel of Yahweh, I have sinned; for I didn't know that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again.
- Numbers 22:35 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:37 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?
- Numbers 22:38 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I have come to you: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
- Numbers 23:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. He went to a bare height.
- Numbers 23:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:5 וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
- Numbers 23:7 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
- Numbers 23:11 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
- Numbers 23:12 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
- Numbers 23:13 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
- Numbers 23:15 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet [Yahweh] yonder.
- Numbers 23:16 וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
- Numbers 23:17 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?
- Numbers 23:18 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:
- Numbers 23:19 אָמַר֙ Qal pf 3ms God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
- Numbers 23:25 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
- Numbers 23:26 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
- Numbers 23:27 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
- Numbers 23:29 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
- Numbers 23:30 אָמַ֣ר Qal pf 3ms Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 24:3 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, The man whose eye was closed says;
- Numbers 24:10 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.
- Numbers 24:11 אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ Qal pf 1cs Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor.
- Numbers 24:12 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,
- Numbers 24:15 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, The man whose eye was closed says;
- Numbers 24:20 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
- Numbers 24:21 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place, Your nest is set in the rock.
- Numbers 24:23 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
- Numbers 25:4 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
- Numbers 25:5 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.
- Numbers 25:10 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 25:12 אֱמֹ֑ר Qal impv 2ms Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace:
- Numbers 25:16 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 26:3 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,
- Numbers 26:52 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 26:65 אָמַ֤ר Qal pf 3ms For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Numbers 27:2 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,
- Numbers 27:6 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵּ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 27:8 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.
- Numbers 27:12 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
- Numbers 27:15 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying,
- Numbers 27:18 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
- Numbers 28:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 28:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms Command the children of Israel, and tell them, My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me, shall you observe to offer to me in their due season.
- Numbers 28:3 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
- Numbers 29:40 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 30:1 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.
- Numbers 31:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Numbers 31:3 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm you men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh's vengeance on Midian.
- Numbers 31:15 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
- Numbers 31:21 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
- Numbers 31:25 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵּ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
About this entry
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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.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H559 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 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).
View all 4,336 occurrences in the concordance →
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
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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)—
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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.
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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
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