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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. Ruth 2:19וַתֹּאמֶר֩ · asked; וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · she said
    Then her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today, and where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you.” So she told her mother-in-law where she had worked. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
  2. Ruth 2:20וַתֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וַתֹּ֧אמֶר · continued
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
  3. Ruth 2:21וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · said; אָמַ֣ר · told me
    Then Ruth the Moabitess said, “He also told me, ‘Stay with my young men until they have finished gathering all my harvest.’”
  4. Ruth 2:22וַתֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
  5. Ruth 3:1וַתֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
  6. Ruth 3:5וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · [Ruth] answered; תֹּאמְרִ֥יֵַ֖ · you say
    “I will do everything you say,” Ruth answered.
  7. Ruth 3:9וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he asked; וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · she replied
    “Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer.”
  8. Ruth 3:10וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · Then [Boaz] said
    Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
  9. Ruth 3:11תֹּאמְרִ֖י · you request
    And now do not be afraid, my daughter. I will do for you whatever you request, since all my fellow townspeople know that you are a woman of noble character.
  10. Ruth 3:14וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · Then Boaz said
    So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.”
  11. Ruth 3:15וַיֹּ֗אמֶר · And he told her
    And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured in six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then he went into the city.
  12. Ruth 3:16וַתֹּ֖אמֶר · Naomi asked her
    When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked her, “How did it go, my daughter?” Then Ruth told her all that Boaz had done for her.
  13. Ruth 3:17וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · And she said; אָמַ֣רֵַ֔ · he said
    And she said, “He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said, ‘Do not go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”
  14. Ruth 3:18וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said Naomi
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  15. Ruth 4:1וַיֹּ֛אמֶר · and Boaz said
    Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
  16. Ruth 4:2וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and said
    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
  17. Ruth 4:3וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · And he said
    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
  18. Ruth 4:4אָמַ֜רְתִּי · thought; לֵאמֹ֗ר · that; וַיֹּ֖אמֶר · he replied
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  19. Ruth 4:5וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · said
    Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
  20. Ruth 4:6וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
  21. Ruth 4:8וַיֹּ֧אמֶר · and said
    So the kinsman-redeemer removed his sandal and said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself.”
  22. Ruth 4:9וַיֹּאמֶר֩ · said
    At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon.
  23. Ruth 4:11וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ · said
    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
  24. Ruth 4:14וַתֹּאמַ֤רְנָה · said
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  25. Ruth 4:17לֵאמֹ֔ר · women said
    The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
  26. 1 Samuel 1:8וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · asked
    “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
  27. 1 Samuel 1:11וַתֹּאמַ֗ר · saying
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  28. 1 Samuel 1:14וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · and said
    …and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
  29. 1 Samuel 1:15וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙
    “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
  30. 1 Samuel 1:17וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  31. 1 Samuel 1:18וַתֹּ֕אמֶר · said Hannah
    “May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast.
  32. 1 Samuel 1:22אָמְרָ֣ה · she said
    …but Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
  33. 1 Samuel 1:23וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · replied
    “Do what you think is best,” her husband Elkanah replied, “and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word.” So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.
  34. 1 Samuel 1:26וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · said [Hannah]
    “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
  35. 1 Samuel 2:1וַתֹּאמַ֔ר
    At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
  36. 1 Samuel 2:15וְאָמַר֙ · and say
    Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
  37. 1 Samuel 2:16וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · said; וְאָמַ֥ר׀ · the servant would reply
    And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
  38. 1 Samuel 2:20וְאָמַר֙ · saying
    And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the LORD give you children by this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD.” Then they would go home.
  39. 1 Samuel 2:23וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · [Eli] said
    “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.
  40. 1 Samuel 2:27וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · and told; אָמַ֣ר · says
    Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?