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
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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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Exodus 246 verses
- 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,
- Exodus 30:31 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations.
- Exodus 30:34 וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight;
- Exodus 31:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 31:12 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר לֵּ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Exodus 31:13 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, 'Most assuredly you shall keep my Sabbaths: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.
- Exodus 32:1 וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, "Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him."
- Exodus 32:2 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Aaron said to them, "Take off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me."
- Exodus 32:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
- Exodus 32:5 וַ/יֹּאמַ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh."
- Exodus 32:8 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it, and have sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
- Exodus 32:9 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and, behold, they are a stiff-necked people.
- Exodus 32:11 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses begged Yahweh his God, and said, "Yahweh, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, that you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:12 יֹאמְר֨וּ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר Qal impf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.
- Exodus 32:13 אָמַ֗רְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
- Exodus 32:17 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is the noise of war in the camp."
- Exodus 32:18 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "It isn't the voice of those who shout for victory, neither is it the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear."
- Exodus 32:21 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?"
- Exodus 32:22 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Aaron said, "Don't let the anger of my lord grow hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.
- Exodus 32:23 וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp For they said to me, 'Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
- Exodus 32:24 וָ/אֹמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them take it off:' so they gave it me; and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf."
- Exodus 32:26 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is on Yahweh's side, come to me!" All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
- Exodus 32:27 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אָמַ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal pf 3ms He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor."
- Exodus 32:29 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
- Exodus 32:30 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened on the next day, that Moses said to the people, "You have sinned a great sin. Now I will go up to Yahweh. Perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin."
- Exodus 32:31 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses returned to Yahweh, and said, "Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made themselves gods of gold.
- Exodus 32:33 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
- Exodus 33:1 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your seed.'
- Exodus 33:5 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֱמֹ֤ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you."
- Exodus 33:12 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר אֹמֵ֤ר אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal ptcp.act ms Qal pf 2ms Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
- Exodus 33:14 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
- Exodus 33:15 וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to him, "If your presence doesn't go with me, don't carry us up from here.
- Exodus 33:17 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name."
- Exodus 33:18 וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Please show me your glory."
- Exodus 33:19 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
- Exodus 33:20 וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
- Exodus 33:21 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh also said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.
- Exodus 34:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Chisel two stone tablets like the first: and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
- Exodus 34:9 וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
- Exodus 34:10 וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
- Exodus 34:27 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
- Exodus 35:1 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said to them, "These are the words which Yahweh has commanded, that you should do them.
- Exodus 35:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs prep + Qal inf.cs Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded, saying,
- Exodus 35:30 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the children of Israel, "Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Exodus 36:5 וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֙ לֵּ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3mp prep + Qal inf.cs They spoke to Moses, saying, "The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Yahweh commanded to make."
- Exodus 36:6 לֵ/אמֹר֒ prep + Qal inf.cs Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, "Let neither man nor woman make anything else for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing.
- Exodus 40:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 75 verses
- Leviticus 1:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Leviticus 1:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to Yahweh, you shall offer your offering of the cattle, from the herd and from the flock.
- Leviticus 4:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 4:2 לֵ/אמֹר֒ prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:
- Leviticus 5:14 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:8 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:9 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
- Leviticus 6:19 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:24 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 6:25 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:22 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 7:23 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat.
- Leviticus 7:28 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 7:29 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
- Leviticus 8:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 8:5 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done."
- Leviticus 8:31 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר לֵ/אמֹ֔ר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
- Leviticus 9:2 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and he said to Aaron, "Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 9:3 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 9:6 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said, "This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and the glory of Yahweh shall appear to you."
- Leviticus 9:7 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded."
- Leviticus 10:3 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר לֵ/אמֹר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms prep + Qal inf.cs Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, "'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, And before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
- Leviticus 10:4 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, "Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp."
- Leviticus 10:6 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.
- Leviticus 10:8 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 10:16 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
- Leviticus 11:1 לֵ/אמֹ֥ר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them,
- Leviticus 11:2 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
- Leviticus 12:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 12:2 לֵ/אמֹ֔ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 14:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 14:33 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 14:35 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'There seems to me to be some sort of plague in the house.'
- Leviticus 15:1 לֵ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Leviticus 15:2 וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean.
- Leviticus 16:2 וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 17:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 17:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ לֵ/אמֹֽר conj + Qal wpf 2ms prep + Qal inf.cs "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them: 'This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded,
- Leviticus 17:8 תֹּאמַ֔ר Qal impf 2ms "You shall say to them, 'Any man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Leviticus 17:12 אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ Qal pf 1cs Therefore I have said to the children of Israel, "No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who lives as a foreigner among you eat blood."
- Leviticus 17:14 וָֽ/אֹמַר֙ conj + Qal wimpf 1cs For as to the life of all flesh, its blood is with its life: therefore I said to the children of Israel, "You shall not eat the blood of any kind of flesh; for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off."
- Leviticus 18:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh said to Moses,
- Leviticus 18:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 19:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 19:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֥ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your God am holy.
- Leviticus 20:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 20:2 תֹּאמַר֒ Qal impf 2ms "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.
- Leviticus 20:24 וָ/אֹמַ֣ר conj + Qal wimpf 1cs But I have said to you, "You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am Yahweh your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
- Leviticus 21:1 וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱמֹ֥ר וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wpf 2ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'A priest shall not defile himself for the dead among his people;
- Leviticus 21:16 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 21:17 לֵ/אמֹ֑ר prep + Qal inf.cs "Say to Aaron, 'None of your seed throughout their generations who has a blemish, may approach to offer the bread of his God.
- Leviticus 22:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 22:3 אֱמֹ֣ר Qal impv 2ms Tell them, 'If anyone of all your seed throughout your generations approaches the holy things, which the children of Israel make holy to Yahweh, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me. I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 22:17 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 22:18 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֖ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, 'Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the foreigners in Israel, who offers his offering, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer to Yahweh for a burnt offering;
- Leviticus 22:26 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:1 לֵּ/אמֹֽר prep + Qal inf.cs Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 23:2 וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ conj + Qal wpf 2ms "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The set feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.
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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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Strong's · 1890
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Modern gloss
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.
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).
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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)—
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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.
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
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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
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.
