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אָמַר

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hebrewOld TestamentVerb5,308 occurrences39 books4,337 verses

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָמַר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,308 total
  1. Genesis 50:16לֵאמֹֽר׃
    So they sent word to Joseph, saying, “Before he died, your father commanded,
  2. Genesis 50:17תֹאמְר֣וּ · you are to say
    ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
  3. Genesis 50:18וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
  4. Genesis 50:19וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · replied
    But Joseph replied, “Do not be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
  5. Genesis 50:24וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  6. Genesis 50:25לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
  7. Exodus 1:9וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he said
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  8. Exodus 1:15וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said
    Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
  9. Exodus 1:16וַיֹּ֗אמֶר
    “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
  10. Exodus 1:18וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and asked
    So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
  11. Exodus 1:19וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ · answered
    The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
  12. Exodus 1:22לֵאמֹ֑ר
    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
  13. Exodus 2:6וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”
  14. Exodus 2:7וַתֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
  15. Exodus 2:8וַתֹּֽאמֶר־ · told
    “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.
  16. Exodus 2:9וַתֹּ֧אמֶר · said
    Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages.” So the woman took the boy and nursed him.
  17. Exodus 2:10וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · and explained
    When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  18. Exodus 2:13וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · He asked
    The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
  19. Exodus 2:14וַ֠יֹּאמֶר · But the man replied; אֹמֵ֔ר · planning; וַיֹּאמַ֔ר · and thought
    But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
  20. Exodus 2:18וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · he asked them
    When the daughters returned to their father Reuel, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?”
  21. Exodus 2:19וַתֹּאמַ֕רְןָ · they replied
    “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”
  22. Exodus 2:20וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · [their father] asked
    “So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
  23. Exodus 2:22אָמַ֔ר · saying
    And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
  24. Exodus 3:3וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · thought
    So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
  25. Exodus 3:4וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · I am; וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · he answered
    When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
  26. Exodus 3:5וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · [God] said
    “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  27. Exodus 3:6וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Then He said
    Then He said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
  28. Exodus 3:7וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
  29. Exodus 3:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked
    But Moses asked God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
  30. Exodus 3:12וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · [God] said
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  31. Exodus 3:13וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked; וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י · and say; וְאָֽמְרוּ־ · and they ask; אֹמַ֖ר · should I tell
    Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
  32. Exodus 3:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · you are to say; תֹאמַר֙
    God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  33. Exodus 3:15וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · told; תֹאמַר֮ · Say
    God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  34. Exodus 3:16וְאָמַרְתָּ֤ · and say; לֵאמֹ֑ר · and said
    Go, assemble the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: I have surely attended to you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt.
  35. Exodus 3:17וָאֹמַ֗ר · And I have promised
    And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
  36. Exodus 3:18וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤ם · and tell
    The elders of Israel will listen to what you say, and you must go with them to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’
  37. Exodus 4:1וַיֹּ֔אמֶר; יֹֽאמְר֔וּ · they may say
    Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
  38. Exodus 4:2וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · asked; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he replied
    And the LORD asked him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.