Definition
a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude)
Traditional renderings: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Traditional renderings: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָמַר:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5,308 total
- Genesis 45:26לֵאמֹ֗ר“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
- Genesis 45:28וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · declared“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
- Genesis 46:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · spoke; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · He said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · replied JacobAnd that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Genesis 46:3וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · He said“I am God,” He said, “the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there.
- Genesis 46:30וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · saidThen Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
- Genesis 46:31וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וְאֹֽמְרָ֣הJoseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and inform Pharaoh: ‘My brothers and my father’s household from the land of Canaan have come to me.
- Genesis 46:33וְאָמַ֖ר · and asksWhen Pharaoh summons you and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’
- Genesis 46:34וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם · you are to say…you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
- Genesis 47:1וַיֹּ֗אמֶרSo Joseph went and told Pharaoh: “My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all they own, have come from the land of Canaan and are now in Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:3וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · they replied“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
- Genesis 47:4וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · Then they saidThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֑רPharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have come to you,
- Genesis 47:8וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · asked“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
- Genesis 47:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Genesis 47:15לֵאמֹר֙ · and saidWhen the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
- Genesis 47:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said“Then bring me your livestock,” said Joseph. “Since the money is gone, I will sell you food in exchange for your livestock.”
- Genesis 47:18וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ · and saidWhen that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:23וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThen Joseph said to the people, “Now that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh this day, here is seed for you to sow in the land.
- Genesis 47:25וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · they said“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
- Genesis 47:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and saidWhen the time drew near for Israel to die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise to show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 47:30וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · Joseph answered…but when I lie down with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me with them.” Joseph answered, “I will do as you have requested.”
- Genesis 47:31וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Jacob said“Swear to me,” Jacob said. So Joseph swore to him, and Israel bowed in worship at the head of his bed.
- Genesis 48:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · was toldSome time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:2וַיֹּ֕אמֶרWhen Jacob was told, “Your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel rallied his strength and sat up in bed.
- Genesis 48:3וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidJacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and there He blessed me
- Genesis 48:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and told…and told me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you; I will make you a multitude of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession.’
- Genesis 48:8וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he askedWhen Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he asked, “Who are these?”
- Genesis 48:9וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּאמַ֕ר · So Jacob saidJoseph said to his father, “They are the sons God has given me in this place.” So Jacob said, “Please bring them to me, that I may bless them.”
- Genesis 48:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
- Genesis 48:15וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and saidThen he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
- Genesis 48:18וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 48:19וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he saidBut his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
- Genesis 48:20לֵאמוֹר֒ · pronounce; לֵאמֹ֔ר · and saidSo that day Jacob blessed them and said: “By you shall Israel pronounce this blessing: ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’” So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Genesis 48:21וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidThen Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 49:1וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and saidThen Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
- Genesis 49:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶרThen Jacob instructed them, “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.
- Genesis 50:4לֵאמֹ֑ר; לֵאמֹֽר׃When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
- Genesis 50:5לֵאמֹ֗ר · when he said…my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
- Genesis 50:6וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · repliedPharaoh replied, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”
- Genesis 50:11וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they saidWhen the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
- Genesis 50:15וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · they saidWhen Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
- Genesis 50:16לֵאמֹ֑ר · sayingSo they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,