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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. Isaiah 37:10תֹאמְר֗וּן · Give this message; לֵאמֹ֔ר; לֵאמֹ֑ר · by saying
    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  2. Isaiah 37:15לֵאמֹֽר׃
    And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
  3. Isaiah 37:21לֵאמֹ֑ר; אָמַ֤ר · says
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  4. Isaiah 37:24וַתֹּ֗אמֶר · and you have said
    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
  5. Isaiah 37:33אָמַ֤ר · says
    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
  6. Isaiah 38:1וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and said; אָמַ֤ר · says
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  7. Isaiah 38:3וַיֹּאמַ֗ר · saying
    …saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
  8. Isaiah 38:4לֵאמֹֽר׃ · saying
    And the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying,
  9. Isaiah 38:5וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ · and tell; אָמַ֤ר · says
    “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
  10. Isaiah 38:10אָמַ֗רְתִּי · said
    I said, “In the prime of my life I must go through the gates of Sheol and be deprived of the remainder of my years.”
  11. Isaiah 38:11אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ · I said
    I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
  12. Isaiah 38:15וְאָֽמַר־ · He has spoken
    What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done this. I will walk slowly all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
  13. Isaiah 38:21וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · had said
    Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
  14. Isaiah 38:22וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · had asked
    And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
  15. Isaiah 39:3וַיֹּ֨אמֶר · and asked; אָמְר֣וּ׀ · did they say; וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ · replied
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
  16. Isaiah 39:4וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · Isaiah asked; וַיֹּ֣אמֶר · answered
    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  17. Isaiah 39:5וַיֹּ֥אמֶר · said
    Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:
  18. Isaiah 39:6אָמַ֥ר · says
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  19. Isaiah 39:8וַיֹּ֤אמֶר · said; וַיֹּ֕אמֶר · For he thought
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
  20. Isaiah 40:1יֹאמַ֖ר · says
    “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
  21. Isaiah 40:6אֹמֵ֣ר · says; וְאָמַ֖ר · And I asked
    A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
  22. Isaiah 40:9אִמְרִי֙ · Say
    Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”
  23. Isaiah 40:25יֹאמַ֖ר · asks
    “To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
  24. Isaiah 40:27תֹאמַר֙ · do you say
    Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
  25. Isaiah 41:6יֹאמַ֥ר · and says
    Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
  26. Isaiah 41:7אֹמֵ֤ר · saying
    The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
  27. Isaiah 41:9וָאֹ֤מַר · I said
    I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.
  28. Isaiah 41:13הָאֹמֵ֥ר · and tells
    For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  29. Isaiah 41:21יֹאמַ֣ר · says; יֹאמַ֖ר · says
    “Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
  30. Isaiah 41:26וְנֹאמַ֣ר · so that we may say
    Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
  31. Isaiah 42:5אָמַ֞ר · says
    This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
  32. Isaiah 42:17הָאֹמְרִ֥ים · and say
    But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
  33. Isaiah 42:22אֹמֵ֥ר · one to say
    But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”
  34. Isaiah 43:1אָמַ֤ר · says
    But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
  35. Isaiah 43:6אֹמַ֤ר · I will say
    I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
  36. Isaiah 43:9וְיֹאמְר֥וּ · and say
    All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
  37. Isaiah 43:14אָמַ֧ר · says
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  38. Isaiah 43:16אָמַ֣ר · says
    Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,
  39. Isaiah 44:2אָמַ֨ר · is the word
    This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.