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 26:1 וַיֹּ֤אמֶרלֵאמֹֽר׃
After the plague had ended, the LORD said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron the priest,
- Numbers 26:3 לֵאמֹֽר׃
So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest issued the instruction,
- Numbers 26:52 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 26:65 אָמַ֤ר
For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 27:2 לֵאמֹֽר׃
the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the whole congregation, and said,
- Numbers 27:6 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵּאמֹֽר׃
and the LORD answered him,
- Numbers 27:8 לֵאמֹ֑ר
Furthermore, you shall say to the Israelites, ‘If a man dies and leaves no son, you are to transfer his inheritance to his daughter.
- Numbers 27:12 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go up this mountain of the Abarim range and see the land that I have given the Israelites.
- Numbers 27:15 לֵאמֹֽר׃
So Moses appealed to the LORD,
- Numbers 27:18 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.
- Numbers 28:1 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 28:2 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
- Numbers 28:3 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
- Numbers 29:40 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Numbers 30:1 לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
- Numbers 31:1 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
And the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 31:3 לֵאמֹ֔ר
So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
- Numbers 31:15 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- Numbers 31:21 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
- Numbers 31:25 וַיֹּ֥אמֶרלֵּאמֹֽר׃
The LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 31:49 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙
and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
- Numbers 32:2 וַיֹּאמְר֤וּלֵאמֹֽר׃
So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,
- Numbers 32:5 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
- Numbers 32:6 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?
- Numbers 32:10 לֵאמֹֽר׃
So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,
- Numbers 32:16 וַ֣יֹּאמְר֔וּ
Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.
- Numbers 32:20 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,
- Numbers 32:25 וַיֹּ֤אמֶרלֵאמֹ֑ר
The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.
- Numbers 32:29 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.
- Numbers 32:31 לֵאמֹ֑ר
The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
- Numbers 33:50 לֵאמֹֽר׃
On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 33:51 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- Numbers 34:1 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 34:2 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:
- Numbers 34:13 לֵאמֹ֑ר
So Moses commanded the Israelites, “Apportion this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has commanded that it be given to the nine and a half tribes.
- Numbers 34:16 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 35:1 לֵאמֹֽר׃
Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
- Numbers 35:9 לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 35:10 וְאָמַרְתָּ֖
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
- Numbers 36:2 וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ
saying, “When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, He also commanded him to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
- Numbers 36:5 לֵאמֹ֑ר
So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
- Numbers 36:6 לֵאמֹ֔ר
This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their father.
- Deuteronomy 1:5 לֵאמֹֽר׃
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- Deuteronomy 1:6 לֵאמֹ֑ר
The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
- Deuteronomy 1:9 וָאֹמַ֣רלֵאמֹ֑ר
At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
- Deuteronomy 1:14 וַתֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”
- Deuteronomy 1:16 לֵאמֹ֑ר
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
- Deuteronomy 1:20 וָאֹמַ֖ר
I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
- Deuteronomy 1:22 וַתֹּאמְר֗וּ
Then all of you approached me and said, “Let us send men ahead of us to search out the land and bring us word of what route to follow and which cities to enter.”
- Deuteronomy 1:25 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”