Word

אֲמַר

ʼămar · H560 · Aramaic · 71 occurrences

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Meanings

to say, to speak, to tell, to command, to think, to call

Action by which humans and deities utter words; this can happen within their minds and be inaudible to others, but in most cases the words are spoken out loud in order to communicate something to others; usually directly followed by the actual words that are spoken

Examples
Ezra 5:3 At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them as follows: “Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?”
Ezra 5:4 Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building.
Ezra 5:9 “Then we asked those elders and said to them as follows: ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

71 occurrences in 14 groups

Not stated (participle) 39
Not stated: he, she or it 12
מֶלֶךְking 3
Not stated: we 3
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

16 occurrences in 18 groups

חֵלֶםdream 5
פְּשַׁרinterpretation 3
Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

45 occurrences in 32 groups

לto/for+ דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 5
לto/for+ הֶםthem 5
קֳדָםbefore+ מֶלֶךְking 4
לto/for+ וֹhim 4
לto/for+ מֶלֶךְking 3
Other words · 27 groups that occur once or twice (31) 31

With adverbsAdverbs

9 occurrences in 2 groups

כֵּןthus 7
כְּנֵמָאso 2

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

חֲזָאto see, to have a vision 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אִיתַיart thou 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἔπω épō · G2036 · to say, to talk, to tell: Greek ἔπω (épō, G2036) serves as the standard LXX translation equivalent for Aramaic אֲמַר (ʼămar, H560), both denoting the basic act of verbal utterance ('say, speak, tell'); the Aramaic lemma is the sister-language cognate of Hebrew אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) אָמַר, sharing the same Semitic root and semantic range.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Speak002004001009008: אֲמַר is the Aramaic cognate of the Hebrew verb for saying, introducing speech and command in the Aramaic portions of the text, as the king commanding, "Tell me the dream" (Daniel 2:7).
Great002001002012: As with its Hebrew counterpart, the word can carry a heightened, weighty force when a command or declaration is issued, as the king's reply, "The command from me is firm" (Daniel 2:5).

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אָמַר ʼâmar · H559 · to say, to speak, to tell · 5308×אֲמַרʼămar · H560אֵמֶר ʼêmer · H561 · word, saying, decree · 49×אִמְרָה ʼimrâh · H565 · words, discourse, command · 37×אֹמֶר ʼômer · H562 · word, command, speech · 6×מַאֲמַר maʼămar · H3982 · command, order · 3×מֵאמַר mêʼmar · H3983 · appointment, word · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H560. amar אֲמַר71 verb say, tell, command (Biblical Hebrew אָמַר); — Pe…

H560. amar
אֲמַר71 verb say, tell, command (Biblical Hebrew אָמַר); —
Pe Perfect3masculine singular ׳א Dan 2:12 +, אֲמַ֑ר Dan 7:1; Dan 7:3feminine singular אֲמֶ֫רֶר Dan 5:10 (K§ 38, 1 a); 1 singular אַמְרֵת Dan 4:5; Dan 4:1plural אֲאַ֫רְנָא Dan 5:4, Dan 5:9, etc.; Imperfect3masculine 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 Jer 2:9, לְמֵמַ֑ר Ezr 5:11 (K§ 41 a); Participle אְמַר Dan 2:5 +?אָֽמְרִין Dan 3:4; Ezr 5:3 +; —
1 say (often in phrase answer and say): followed by oratio recta [direct speech] (only), Dan 2:7, Dan 2:10 Dan 2:13t. Daniel; Ezr 5:11; + ל person Dan 2:5; Dan 3:14 Dan 3:14t. Daniel [plural with indefinite subject for passive Dan 4:28], Ezr 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 Ezr 5:8; Dan 2:24-25, Dan 6:7, compare Dan 7:5; + כְּנֵמָא with ל person Ezr 5:4, Ezr 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 Dan 2:6t. 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].

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0