Lexical Definition

‎אֹמֶר‎ ʼômer (o'-mer) word ^H:N-M
the same as ‎אֵמֶר‎

promise, speech, thing, word.

• {something said}

1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

See Greek: λαλιά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֹמֶר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 77:9*} utterance, speech, word, only in poetry, & Josh 24:27 exalted style; — absolute ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 22:28 + 5 t.; suffix ‎אִמְרוֺ‎ Job 20:29 Plural absolute ‎אֲמָרִים‎ Prov 19:7; Prov 22:21 construct ‎אִמְרֵי‎ Num 24:4 +; ‎אֲמָרָיו‎ Job 22:22 ‎אִמְרֵיכֶם‎ Job 32:14; Isa 41:26 (on derivation from ‎אֹמֶר‎ compare Di Job 15:33) etc.; —

1. utterance, word, especially plural Job 6:26 (|| ‎מִלִּים‎) Job 32:12; Job 32:14 (|| ‎מִלִּין‎) Job 33:3; Job 34:37; Ps 5:2* (|| ‎הָגִיג‎), Ps 141:6 (on this see compare Che); Prov 2:1 (|| ‎מִצְוָה‎), vProv 2:16; Prov 4:10; Prov 4:20 (|| ‎דָּבָר‎), Prov 7:1 (|| ‎מִצְוָה‎), vProv 7:5; Prov 19:7; Isa 41:26 words of God Num 24:4; Num 24:16 compare Josh 24:27; Job 6:10; Job 22:22; Ps 107:11 figurative of day Ps 19:3* (singular); compare vPs 19:4* (|| ‎דְּבָרִים‎) but see Che on see; of wisdom (personified) Prov 1:21 (|| ‎קוֺל‎); often in phrase ‎אִמְרֵיפִֿי‎ Deut 32:1; Ps 19:15* (|| ‎הֶגְיוֺן‎); Ps 54:4* (|| ‎תְּפִלָּה‎); Ps 78:1 (|| ‎תּוֺרָה‎); Prov 4:5; Prov 5:7; Prov 7:24; Prov 8:8 compare Job 8:2; Prov 6:2 (twice in verse); of ‎׳‎‎י‎Job 23:12 (|| ‎מִצְוַת שְׂפתָיו‎); Ps 138:4; Hos 6:5 (of Yahweh's words as weapon); in phrases ‎אִמְרֵיישֶׁר‎ Job 6:25 ‎בִינָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 1:2 ‎נֹעַם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 15:26; Prov 16:24 ‎דָ֫עַת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 19:27; Prov 23:12 ‎אֱמֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 22:21, compare ‎הֵשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת‎ vProv 22:21 return answer; ‎תָּשִׁיב אֲמָרֶיהָ לָהּ‎ Judg 5:29 she returneth (i.e. repeateth) her words to herself; ‎׳‎‎חָשַׁךְ א‎ spare (i.e. refrain from) words Prov 17:27.

2. singular promise Ps 77:9* appointment, decree Job 20:29 command Ps 68:12* (but see Che); plan, purpose Job 22:28 ‎׳‎‎גָּזַרֿ א‎; Hab 3:9 Thes sworn are the rods of appointment (i.e. the chastisements decreed), but passage dubious, see Commentaries; — Gen 49:21 read ‎אֲמִרֵי‎ compare ‎אָמִיד‎; see Di.

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