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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. Exodus 35:30וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  2. Exodus 36:5וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ · and said; לֵּאמֹ֔ר
    …and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”
  3. Exodus 36:6לֵאמֹר֒
    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,
  4. Exodus 40:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  5. Leviticus 1:1לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
  6. Leviticus 1:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
  7. Leviticus 4:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  8. Leviticus 4:2לֵאמֹר֒ · to
    “Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
  9. Leviticus 5:14לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  10. Leviticus 6:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  11. Leviticus 6:8לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  12. Leviticus 6:9לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
  13. Leviticus 6:19לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  14. Leviticus 6:24לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  15. Leviticus 6:25לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
  16. Leviticus 7:22לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  17. Leviticus 7:23לֵאמֹ֑ר · [and] say
    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
  18. Leviticus 7:28לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  19. Leviticus 7:29לֵאמֹ֑ר · [and] say
    “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
  20. Leviticus 8:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  21. Leviticus 8:5וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
  22. Leviticus 8:31וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
  23. Leviticus 9:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · He said
    He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.
  24. Leviticus 9:3לֵאמֹ֑ר · [and] say
    Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
  25. Leviticus 9:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
  26. Leviticus 9:7וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
  27. Leviticus 10:3וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹר֙ · when He said
    Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
  28. Leviticus 10:4וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
  29. Leviticus 10:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
  30. Leviticus 10:8לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Aaron,
  31. Leviticus 10:16לֵאמֹֽר׃ · and asked
    Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
  32. Leviticus 11:1לֵאמֹ֥ר · telling
    The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
  33. Leviticus 11:2לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
  34. Leviticus 12:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  35. Leviticus 12:2לֵאמֹ֔ר
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  36. Leviticus 13:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  37. Leviticus 14:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  38. Leviticus 14:33לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  39. Leviticus 14:35לֵאמֹ֑ר
    …the owner of the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘Something like mildew has appeared in my house.’
  40. Leviticus 15:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  41. Leviticus 15:2וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
    “Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
  42. Leviticus 16:2וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
  43. Leviticus 17:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  44. Leviticus 17:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    “Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
  45. Leviticus 17:8תֹּאמַ֔ר · Tell
    Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice
  46. Leviticus 17:12אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ · I say
    Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’