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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. Numbers 13:30וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · and said
    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
  2. Numbers 13:31אָֽמְר֔וּ · replied
    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  3. Numbers 13:32לֵאמֹ֑ר
    So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature.
  4. Numbers 14:2וַֽיֹּאמְר֨וּ · said
    All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
  5. Numbers 14:4וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · So they said
    So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  6. Numbers 14:7וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said; לֵאמֹ֑ר
    …and said to the whole congregation of Israel, “The land we passed through and explored is an exceedingly good land.
  7. Numbers 14:10וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · threatened
    But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
  8. Numbers 14:11וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  9. Numbers 14:13וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
  10. Numbers 14:14וְאָמְר֗וּ · And they will tell it
    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
  11. Numbers 14:15וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ · will say; לֵאמֹֽר׃
    If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,
  12. Numbers 14:17לֵאמֹֽר׃
    So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:
  13. Numbers 14:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied.
  14. Numbers 14:26לֵאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  15. Numbers 14:28אֱמֹ֣ר · So tell them
    So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
  16. Numbers 14:31אֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם · you said
    But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
  17. Numbers 14:40לֵאמֹ֑ר · they said; אָמַ֥ר · has promised
    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
  18. Numbers 14:41וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
  19. Numbers 15:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  20. Numbers 15:2וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell them
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
  21. Numbers 15:17לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  22. Numbers 15:18וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · and tell them
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you
  23. Numbers 15:35וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
  24. Numbers 15:37וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said; לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  25. Numbers 15:38וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell them
    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
  26. Numbers 16:3וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and told them
    They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
  27. Numbers 16:5לֵאמֹר֒
    Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses He will bring near to Himself.
  28. Numbers 16:8וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · also said
    Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!
  29. Numbers 16:12וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ · but they said
    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
  30. Numbers 16:15וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and said
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  31. Numbers 16:16וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said
    And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.
  32. Numbers 16:20לֵאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  33. Numbers 16:22וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and said
    But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
  34. Numbers 16:23לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  35. Numbers 16:24לֵאמֹ֑ר
    “Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
  36. Numbers 16:26לֵאמֹ֗ר
    And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
  37. Numbers 16:28וַיֹּאמֶר֮ · said
    Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
  38. Numbers 16:34אָֽמְר֔וּ · saying
    At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
  39. Numbers 16:36לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    Then the LORD said to Moses,
  40. Numbers 16:37אֱמֹ֨ר · Tell
    “Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
  41. Numbers 16:41לֵאמֹ֑ר · saying
    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
  42. Numbers 16:44לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    …and the LORD said to Moses,
  43. Numbers 16:46וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
  44. Numbers 17:1לֵּאמֹֽר׃
    And the LORD said to Moses,
  45. Numbers 17:10וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said
    The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
  46. Numbers 17:12וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ · declared
    Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!