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אָמַר

a.marto sayHow to read Hebrew
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. Exodus 30:31לֵאמֹ֑ר
    And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘This will be My sacred anointing oil for the generations to come.
  2. Exodus 30:34וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
  3. Exodus 31:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  4. Exodus 31:12וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said; לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  5. Exodus 31:13לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Surely you must keep My Sabbaths, for this will be a sign between Me and you for the generations to come, so that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
  6. Exodus 32:1וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ · and said
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  7. Exodus 32:2וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · told
    So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
  8. Exodus 32:4וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · And they said
    He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
  9. Exodus 32:5וַיֹּאמַ֔ר
    When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before the calf and proclaimed: “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
  10. Exodus 32:8וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, ‘These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.’”
  11. Exodus 32:9וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · also said
    The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
  12. Exodus 32:11וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · saying
    But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
  13. Exodus 32:12יֹאמְר֨וּ · should the Egyptians declare; לֵאמֹ֗ר
    Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
  14. Exodus 32:13אָמַ֗רְתִּי · I have promised
    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’”
  15. Exodus 32:17וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · he said
    When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”
  16. Exodus 32:18וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · But Moses replied
    But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
  17. Exodus 32:21וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked
    “What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
  18. Exodus 32:22וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “Do not be enraged, my lord,” Aaron replied. “You yourself know that the people are intent on evil.
  19. Exodus 32:23וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · They told
    They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
  20. Exodus 32:24וָאֹמַ֤ר · So I said
    So I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
  21. Exodus 32:26וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and said
    So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
  22. Exodus 32:27וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He told; אָמַ֤ר · says
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  23. Exodus 32:29וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”
  24. Exodus 32:30וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
  25. Exodus 32:31וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and said
    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
  26. Exodus 32:33וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
  27. Exodus 33:1לֵאמֹ֔ר · when I said
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of the land of Egypt, and go to the land that I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’
  28. Exodus 33:5וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · had said; אֱמֹ֤ר · Tell
    For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
  29. Exodus 33:12וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; אֹמֵ֤ר · have been telling me; אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ · have said
    Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  30. Exodus 33:14וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · And [the LORD] answered
    And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
  31. Exodus 33:15וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · Moses replied
    “If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.
  32. Exodus 33:17וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    So the LORD said to Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”
  33. Exodus 33:18וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · Then Moses said
    Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
  34. Exodus 33:19וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · [the LORD] replied
    “I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
  35. Exodus 33:20וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · But He added
    But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
  36. Exodus 33:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · continued
    The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,
  37. Exodus 34:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
  38. Exodus 34:9וַיֹּ֡אמֶר · he said
    “O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
  39. Exodus 34:10וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And [the LORD] said
    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  40. Exodus 34:27וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · also said
    The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  41. Exodus 35:1וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Then Moses assembled the whole congregation of Israel and said to them, “These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do:
  42. Exodus 35:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · told; לֵאמֹ֑ר; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: