אמר

Aramaic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Hebrew אָמַר (amar).

Verb

אֲמַר • (ʾamar)

1. to say, to pronounce
   • דניאל ב:46

     “בֵּ֠אדַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּר֙ נְפַ֣ל עַל־אַנְפּ֔וֹהִי וּלְדָנִיֵּ֖אל סְגִ֑ד וּמִנְחָה֙ וְנִ֣יחֹחִ֔ין אֲמַ֖ר לְנַסָּ֥כָה לֵֽהּ׃”

     "In the evening King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and worshiped Daniel and offered him an offering, and he said, 'Let us offer sacrifices to him.' Daniel 2:46"

2. to command

Related terms

• אֲמוֹרָא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־מ־ר (ʾ-m-r)
8 terms

Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

אָמַר • (amár) (pa'al construction, infinitive לוֹמַר or לאמור / לֵאמֹר, future יֹאמַר, passive counterpart נֶאֱמַר, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָמָר) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to say, tell
   • Tanach, Exodus 3:13, with translation of the King James Version:

     מָה אֹמַר אֲלֵהֶם

     ma omár alehém

     what shall I say unto them?

   • Tanach, 1 Kings 18:14, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְעַתָּה אַתָּה אֹמֵר לֵךְ אֱמֹר לַאדֹנֶיךָ הִנֵּה אֵלִיָּהוּ וַהֲרָגָנִי

     v'atá atá omér lech emór ladonécha hiné eliyáhu vaharagáni

     And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

2. to intend
3. to mean

   זה אומר שהיא בסדר

   ze omér shehí beséder

   It means she's fine

Usage notes

• The infinitive לאמור / לֵאמֹר is mainly biblical.
• In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the infinitive, future, and imperative forms of this verb are not used; the corresponding forms of הִגִּיד are used instead.

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָמַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לוֹמַר
		action noun		אֲמִירָה
		passive participle		אָמוּר
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	אָמַרְתִּי		אָמַרְנוּ
	second	אָמַרְתָּ	אָמַרְתְּ	אֲמַרְתֶּם1	אֲמַרְתֶּן1
	third	אָמַר	אָמְרָה	אָמְרוּ
present		אוֹמֵר	אוֹמֶרֶת	אוֹמְרִים	אוֹמְרוֹת
future	first	אומר / אֹמַר		נֹאמַר
	second	תֹּאמַר	תֹּאמְרִי	תֹּאמְרוּ	תֹּאמַרְנָה2
	third	יֹאמַר	תֹּאמַר	יֹאמְרוּ	תֹּאמַרְנָה2
imperative	positive	אמור / אֱמֹר	אִמְרִי	אִמְרוּ	אמורנה / אֱמֹרְנָה2
	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced אָמַרְתֶּם and אָמַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• אִמְרָה (“saying, adage”)

References

• H559 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Noun

אֹמֶר • ('ómer) m

1. defective spelling of אומר

Proper noun

אִמֵּר • (imér) m

1. (archaic) a male given name