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.
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
Occurrences
5,308 total
- Numbers 17:12לֵאמֹ֑רThen the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- Numbers 18:1וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidSo the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
- Numbers 18:20וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 18:24אָמַ֣רְתִּי · I told themFor I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 18:25לֵּאמֹֽר׃And the LORD instructed Moses,
- Numbers 18:26וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell them“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
- Numbers 18:30וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ · Therefore sayTherefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
- Numbers 19:1לֵאמֹֽר׃Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 19:2לֵאמֹ֑ר“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
- Numbers 20:3וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and said; לֵאמֹ֔רThe people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 20:7לֵּאמֹֽר׃And the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 20:10וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and [Moses] saidThen Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Numbers 20:12וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · saidBut the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- Numbers 20:14אָמַר֙ · saysFrom Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Numbers 20:18וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answeredBut Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
- Numbers 20:19וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ · replied“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
- Numbers 20:20וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · insistedBut Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- Numbers 20:23וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · said; לֵאמֹֽר׃And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 21:2וַיֹּאמַ֑רSo Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
- Numbers 21:7וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ · and saidThen the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
- Numbers 21:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidThen the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- Numbers 21:14יֵֽאָמַ֔ר · it is statedTherefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
- Numbers 21:16אָמַ֤ר · saidFrom there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
- Numbers 21:21לֵאמֹֽר׃ · sayingThen Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Numbers 21:27יֹאמְר֥וּ · sayThat is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
- Numbers 21:34וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidBut the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
- Numbers 22:4וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidSo the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:5לֵאמֹ֗ר…he sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
- Numbers 22:8וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [Balaam] replied“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
- Numbers 22:9וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · and askedThen God came to Balaam and asked, “Who are these men with you?”
- Numbers 22:10וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · saidAnd Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
- Numbers 22:12וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · saidBut God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
- Numbers 22:13וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · and saidSo Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
- Numbers 22:14וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ · and saidAnd the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- Numbers 22:16וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ · and said; אָמַר֙ · saysThey came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
- Numbers 22:17תֹּאמַ֥ר · you say…for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
- Numbers 22:18וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- Numbers 22:20וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and saidThat night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
- Numbers 22:28וַתֹּ֤אמֶר · and she saidThen the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
- Numbers 22:29וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · answeredBalaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
- Numbers 22:30וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he repliedBut the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
- Numbers 22:32וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · asked himThe angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.
- Numbers 22:34וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
- Numbers 22:35וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · saidBut the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
- Numbers 22:37וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · saidAnd he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”
- Numbers 22:38וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · replied“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”