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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. Numbers 5:19וְאָמַ֤ר · and say
    And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
  2. Numbers 5:21וְאָמַ֤ר
    …and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
  3. Numbers 5:22וְאָמְרָ֥ה · is to say
    May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’
  4. Numbers 6:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  5. Numbers 6:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
  6. Numbers 6:22לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  7. Numbers 6:23לֵאמֹ֔ר; אָמ֖וֹר · Say
    “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
  8. Numbers 7:4וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said; לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  9. Numbers 7:11וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
  10. Numbers 8:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  11. Numbers 8:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell
    “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’”
  12. Numbers 8:5לֵּאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
  13. Numbers 8:23לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  14. Numbers 9:1לֵאמֹֽר׃
    In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
  15. Numbers 9:7וַ֠יֹּאמְרוּ · and said
    …and said to Moses, “We are unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”
  16. Numbers 9:8וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · replied
    “Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
  17. Numbers 9:9לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  18. Numbers 9:10לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.
  19. Numbers 10:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  20. Numbers 10:29וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣ר · said
    Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”
  21. Numbers 10:30וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · [Hobab] replied
    “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
  22. Numbers 10:31וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Moses said
    “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
  23. Numbers 10:35וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · would say
    Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
  24. Numbers 10:36יֹאמַ֑ר · he would say
    And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
  25. Numbers 11:4וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
  26. Numbers 11:11וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked
    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  27. Numbers 11:12תֹאמַ֨ר · You should tell
    Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
  28. Numbers 11:13לֵאמֹ֔ר
    Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
  29. Numbers 11:16וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
  30. Numbers 11:18תֹּאמַ֜ר · say; לֵאמֹ֗ר · saying
    And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
  31. Numbers 11:20לֵאמֹ֔ר · saying
    …but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
  32. Numbers 11:21וַיֹּאמֶר֮ · replied; אָמַ֗רְתָּ · say
    But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
  33. Numbers 11:23וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answered
    The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
  34. Numbers 11:27וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
    A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
  35. Numbers 11:28וַיֹּאמַ֑ר · and said
    Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
  36. Numbers 11:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · replied
    But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
  37. Numbers 12:2וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ · they said
    “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
  38. Numbers 12:4וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    And suddenly the LORD said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “You three, come out to the Tent of Meeting.” So the three went out,
  39. Numbers 12:6וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · He said
    He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  40. Numbers 12:11וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · and said
    …and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
  41. Numbers 12:13לֵאמֹ֑ר
    So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”
  42. Numbers 12:14וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · answered
    But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
  43. Numbers 13:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  44. Numbers 13:17וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · he told
    When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he told them, “Go up through the Negev and into the hill country.
  45. Numbers 13:27וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
    And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!