אָמַר 5287 verb utter, say (MI, Phoenician
אמר, Aramaic
אֲמַר, Ethiopic
አመረ፡ I. 2
shew, declare, Arabic
أَمَرَ command; perhaps √
אמר originally =
be or make prominent, hence Hithp. below,
אָמִיר; Sabean
אמר lofty, epithet of king JHMordtm
ZMG 1876, 37; compare Dl
Proberbs 28 who thinks original meaning
hell, sichtbar sein, whence Assyrian
amâru,
see, &
shew, declare, say) —
Qal Perfect א׳ Genesis 3:1 +, etc.;
Imperfect יאֹמַר Genesis 31:8 +;
וַיּאֹ֫מֶר Genesis 1:3 +;
וַיּאֹמַ֑ר Genesis 14:19 +; in Job always
וַיּאֹ֑מַר Job 3:2 +;
3rd person feminine singular תּאֹמַר Genesis 21:12 +;
תּאֹמֵר֑ Proverbs 1:21;
1st person singular אֹמַר Genesis 22:2 +;
אוֺמְרָה Psalm 42:10;
וָאֹמַר Genesis 20:13 +;
וָאוֺמַר Nehemiah 2:7,
17,
20;
3rd person masculine plural יאֹמְדוּ Exodus 4:1 + etc.; suffix
יֹמְרוּךָ Psalm 139:20;
2nd person masculine plural תֹּמְדוּ 2 Samuel 19:14)compare Kö
i. p. 385);
Imperative (אֱמָר־) אֱמֹר Genesis 45:17 +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute אָמוֺר Exodus 21:5 +; construct
אֱמֹר Ezekiel 25:8 +;
(הַ)אֲמֹר Job 34:18 but read
הָאֹמֵר 
Di, or better
הֶאָמֹר Infinitive absolute with
ה interrogative compare Ew:
§ 328 d; suffix
אָמְרִי Joshua 6:10 +;
אֲמָרְכֶם Jeremiah 23:38;
אֱמָרְכֶם Malachi 1:7 +;
לֵאמֹר Genesis 1:22 +, etc.;
Participle active אֹמֵר Genesis 32:10 +, etc.;
passive הֶאָמוּר Micah 2:7, but this grammatically indefensible, read
הֶאָמוֺר,
Infinitive absolute with
ה interrogative, see Dr
Expositor, April, 1887, 263.
1. Say (subject God
Genesis 3:1 —
Genesis 32:5 [
Genesis 32:4, serpent
Genesis 3:1, ass
Numbers 22:28, horse
יאֹמַר הֶאָח Job 39:25 etc.; inanimate things, personified
Job 28:14 compare
Job 28:22 etc.; so in allegory or fable
Judges 9:8;
2 Kings 14:9 etc.; especially in narration,
וַיּאֹמֶר etc.,
Genesis 4:6 + very often): mostly followed by thing said, either substantive
Jeremiah 14:17 (with clause app.)
Deuteronomy 27:16f.;
Judges 12:6; pronoun
Genesis 44:16;
2 Kings 20:14 +; or (usually) clause
Genesis 1:3;
Genesis 3:1;
Genesis 37:20 + often (
oratio recta [direct speech]); with adverb
thus, so Genesis 32:5 [
Genesis 32:4;
Numbers 20:14;
1 Kings 20:3,
5 + often; especially
כֹּה אָמַר י׳ Exodus 5:1;
Exodus 7:17;
Exodus 8:1;
Exodus 8:20;
1 Chronicles 17:4 + often; the person addressed usually introduced by
אֶל Genesis 3:1;
Genesis 15:7;
Genesis 22:7;
Leviticus 21:1;
2 Samuel 3:7;
1 Kings 12:5,
23, or
לְ Genesis 3:13;
Genesis 4:15;
1 Samuel 20:2;
2 Samuel 2:21;
1 Kings 14:2 + often; rarer combinations are,
בְּאָזְנֵי א׳ Isaiah 49:20 (compare
Isaiah 5:9 & see
דבר);
לִפְנֵי א׳ Ezekiel 28:9;
לְעֵינֵי א׳ Deuteronomy 31:7;
Joshua 10:12;
Jeremiah 28:11;
בְּ א׳ Joel 2:17;
Psalm 126:2, where
בְּ local; in all cases usually followed by direct object of words said,
Exodus 19:25 being very singular;
Genesis 4:8 the object-clause has probably fallen out, compare Vrss Di; =
mention, name, designate Genesis 22:2,
3;
Genesis 43:27,
29;
Exodus 32:13;
Numbers 14:40;
1 Samuel 10:16;
1 Samuel 16:3;
2 Samuel 6:22;
Nehemiah 6:19; compare
Psalm 139:20 יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה speak of thee for falsehood (but many, as Hup Pe Dy Che, read
יַמְרוּךָ); =
tell, declare, proclaim, (followed by direct object only)
Psalm 40:11;
Ezekiel 13:7; in reply to question =
answer Exodus 12:27;
Joshua 4:7;
1 Kings 9:9;
Jeremiah 5:19;
Jeremiah 22:9. The object spoken of may be referred to by
אֶל 2 Kings 19:32;
Jeremiah 22:18;
Jeremiah 27:19, or
לְ Genesis 20:13 אִמְרִי לִֹי say of me, etc.
Deuteronomy 33:9;
Judges 9:54;
Isaiah 5:20;
Psalm 3:3;
Psalm 71:10, very rarely by a simple accusative
Isaiah 3:10 (where read probably for
אִמְרוּ,
אַשְׁרֵי), except after
אֲשֶׁר where the words used follow (compare
אֲשֶׁר 4d)
Genesis 3:17;
Numbers 10:29;
Numbers 14:31;
Deuteronomy 28:68;
Judges 7:4;
1 Samuel 9:17,
23b 1 Kings 8:29;
Lamentations 4:20; compare
Numbers 21:16;
2 Kings 17:12;
2 Kings 21:4, & (two extreme cases)
Isaiah 8:12;
Lamentations 2:15 (see Dr
Sm i. 24, 5);
ֶֽֽֽהאָמוּר Micah 2:7 read infinitive absolute with
ה interrogative
הֶאָמוֺר (see above)
shall one say ?
shall it be said ? After another verb of saying, introducing thing said:
Deuteronomy 21:7;
Deuteronomy 25:9;
Deuteronomy 27:15;
Songs 2:10 +, even after
אמר Genesis 22:7;
Leviticus 21:1;
Jeremiah 34:2;
Esther 7:5 +; especially infinitive
לֵאמֹר, after
דבר Genesis 8:15,
צוה Genesis 2:16,
ענה Genesis 44:16,
ברך Genesis 1:22,
נשׁבע Genesis 24:7,
נדר Genesis 28:20, etc.; after
אמר 2 Samuel 3:18;
1 Kings 12:23;
Ruth 4:4;
1 Chronicles 21:18 +; after
שׁלח 2 Chronicles 35:21,
שׁוּב Genesis 32:7 [
Genesis 32:6; compare also
Genesis 28:6;
Exodus 5:13;
Exodus 9:5;
Exodus 13:8;
Exodus 17:4;
Numbers 11:20;
Deuteronomy 1:28;
Deuteronomy 13:7;
Judges 8:15;
1 Samuel 23:2;
1 Kings 13:3;
Jeremiah 32:3;
Jeremiah 37:9 +; also when subject of
לֵאמֹר differs from that of pre-ceding clause
Genesis 31:1;
Genesis 38:13,
24 etc.; after
שׁמע Isaiah 37:9 =
2 Kings 19:9.
†
Niph. Perfect נֶאֱמַר Daniel 8:26;
Imperfect יֵאָמֵר Genesis 22:14 +;
יֵאָ֫מֶר לוֺ Isaiah 4:3;
יֵאָמַ֑ר Genesis 10:9 +;
וַיֵּאָמַ֑ר Joshua 2:2;
be said, told Genesis 10:9;
Genesis 22:14;
Psalm 87:5;
Jeremiah 4:11;
Jeremiah 16:14 (all absolute, indefinite subject, of current saying); so
said in a book
Numbers 21:14;
be related, told, of vision
Daniel 8:26;
said, told to (followed by
ל indirect object)
Joshua 2:2;
Hosea 2:1 (twice in verse);
Zephaniah 3:16; either so, or
told concerning Numbers 23:23;
Ezekiel 13:12 (
אֶל־);
יֵאָמֵר לָכֶם =
ye shall be called (it shall be said to you)
Isaiah 61:6 (||
תִּקָּרְאוּ), compare
Isaiah 4:3;
Isaiah 19:18;
Isaiah 32:5 (||
יִקָּרֵא ל)
Isaiah 62:4 (twice in verse); hence
be called, of Tophet
לֹא־יֵאָמֵר עוֺד הַתֹּפֶת Jeremiah 7:32; subject
שֵׁם Genesis 32:29;
Job 34:31 כִּי אֶל־אֵל הֶאָמַר, Rabb (compare AV) treat
הֵאָמַר as Niph. Infinitive for
לְהֵאָמֵר, but against grammar; the form as it stands is Qal Perfect,
אֶל־אֵל being prefixed to the interrogative for emphasis (compare
Jeremiah 22:15;
Jeremiah 23:26;
Nehemiah 13:27), see Dr
§ 9 Di and others; Hoffm., however, reads
הֵאָמֵר infinitive absolute = imperative 'so must one speak (it be spoken) to God.'
†
Hiph. Perfect avow, avouch Deuteronomy 26:17 הֶאֱמַרְתָּ הַיּוֺם לִהְיוֺת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים אֶת־י׳;
Deuteronomy 26:18 וי׳ הֶאֱמִירְךָ היום להיות לוֺ לְעַם (literally
cause to declare, i.e. through agency of Moses; on this & other interpretations see Di).
†
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְאַמְּרוּ Psalm 94:4 subject
אָ֑וֶן כָּל־פֹּצֲלֵי act proudly, boast (||
יַבִּיעוּ יְדַבְּרוּ עָתָק probably also
2nd person masculine plural תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isaiah 61:6 (in good sense, followed by
בְּ of thing gloried in)
& compare
; Ges
Comm. so De Che Kö
i. 457 f. (from [
ימר]
exchange Thes Hi Kn Ew Di; but see
ימר,
מור).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H560.
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