Lexical Definition

‎אֲמַר‎ ʼămar (am-ar') to say ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎אָמַר‎

command, declare, say, speak, tell.

• {to say (used with great latitude)}

1) (P'al) to say, to speak, to command, to tell, to relate

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אָמַר

• Aramaic of a.mar (‎א‎ָ‎מ‎ַ‎ר‎ "to say" אָמַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: אָמַר
‎אֲמַר‎₇₁ verb say, tell, command (Biblical Hebrew ‎אָמַר‎); —

Pe Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎א‎ Dan 2:12 +, ‎אֲמַ֑ר‎ Dan 7:1 3 feminine singular ‎אֲמֶ֫רֶר‎ Dan 5:10 (K^{§ 38, 1 a}); 1 singular ‎אַמְרֵת‎ Dan 4:5* 1 plural ‎אֲאַ֫רְנָא‎ Dan 5:4; Dan 5:9, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יֵאמַר‎ (K^{§ 41}) Dan 2:7 +; 2 masculine plural ‎תֵּאמְרוּן‎ Jer 10:11, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎אֱמַר‎ Jer 2:4 +; masculine plural ‎אֱמַרוּ‎ Jer 2:9 Infinitive ‎לְמֵאמַר‎ vJer 2:9, ‎לְמֵמַ֑ר‎ Ezra 5:11 (K^{§ 41 a}); Participle ‎אְמַר‎ Dan 2:5 + often, plural ‎אָֽמְרִין‎ Dan 3:4; Ezra 5:3 +; —

1. say (often in phrase answer and say): followed by oratio recta [direct speech] (only), Dan 2:7; Dan 2:10 + 13 t. Daniel; Ezra 5:11 + ‎ל‎ person Dan 2:5; Dan 3:14 + 14 t. Daniel [plural with indefinite subject for passive Dan 4:28*], Ezra 5:15 + ‎קְָדָס‎ person Dan 2:9; Dan 5:17; Dan 6:13*; Dan 6:14* + ‎כֵּן‎ Dan 4:11*; Dan 7:23, ‎כֵּן‎ with ‎ל‎ person Ezra 5:8; Dan 2:24; Dan 2:25; Dan 6:7*, compare Dan 7:5 + ‎כְּנֵמָא‎ with ‎ל‎ person Ezra 5:4; Ezra 5:9 + ‎כִּדְנָךְ‎ with ‎ל‎ person Jer 10:11 followed by accusative of thing + ‎עַל‎ person against whom Dan 3:29.

2. relate, tell: followed by accusative of thing Dan 4:6*; Dan 4:15*; Dan 7:1, + ‎ל‎ person Dan 2:4; Dan 2:9; Dan 2:7; Dan 7:16 (accusative of thing omitted), + ‎קְָדָם‎ person Dan 2:36; Dan 4:4*; Dan 4:5*.

3. command: followed by infinitive Dan 2:12; Dan 2:46 + 6 t. Daniel; followed by finite verb Dan 5:29; Dan 6:17*; Dan 6:23* followed by ‎ל‎ person + or. rect. Dan 3:4 [pl. with indefinite subject, for passive, K^{§ 76 e}, so Dan 4:23*].

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