אָמַר
a.mar
1. to say, speak, utter
a. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
b. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
c. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
d. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch
Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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- Numbers 15:37 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵּאמֹֽר׃
Later, the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 15:38 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them that throughout the generations to come they are to make for themselves tassels for the corners of their garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.
- Numbers 16:3 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
- Numbers 16:5 לֵאמֹר֒
Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one He chooses, He will bring near to Himself.
- Numbers 16:8 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
Moses also said to Korah, “Now listen, you sons of Levi!
- Numbers 16:12 וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ
Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
- Numbers 16:15 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
- Numbers 16:16 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
And Moses said to Korah, “You and all your followers are to appear before the LORD tomorrow—you and they and Aaron.
- Numbers 16:20 לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 16:22 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- Numbers 16:23 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 16:24 לֵאמֹ֑ר
“Tell the congregation to move away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
- Numbers 16:26 לֵאמֹ֗ר
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
- Numbers 16:28 וַיֹּאמֶר֮
Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
- Numbers 16:34 אָֽמְר֔וּ
At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
- Numbers 16:36 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 16:37 אֱמֹ֨ר
“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
- Numbers 16:41 לֵאמֹ֑ר
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
- Numbers 16:44 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
and the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 16:46 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- Numbers 17:1 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
And the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 17:10 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
- Numbers 17:12 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
- Numbers 18:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
- Numbers 18:20 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 18:24 אָמַ֣רְתִּי
For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 18:25 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
And the LORD instructed Moses,
- Numbers 18:26 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
- Numbers 18:30 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
- Numbers 19:1 לֵאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 19:2 לֵאמֹ֑ר
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
- Numbers 20:3 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּלֵאמֹ֔ר
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
- Numbers 20:7 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
And the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 20:10 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly in front of the rock, and Moses said to them, “Listen now, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
- Numbers 20:12 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- Numbers 20:14 אָמַר֙
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- Numbers 20:18 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
- Numbers 20:19 וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ
“We will stay on the main road,” the Israelites replied, “and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay for it. There will be no problem; only let us pass through on foot.”
- Numbers 20:20 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- Numbers 20:23 וַיֹּ֧אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃
And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 21:2 וַיֹּאמַ֑ר
So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
- Numbers 21:7 וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
- Numbers 21:8 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- Numbers 21:14 יֵֽאָמַ֔ר
Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,
- Numbers 21:16 אָמַ֤ר
From there they went on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people so that I may give them water.”
- Numbers 21:21 לֵאמֹֽר׃
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
- Numbers 21:27 יֹאמְר֥וּ
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
- Numbers 21:34 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
- Numbers 22:4 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:5 לֵאמֹ֗ר
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.