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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- Lamentations 4:20 אָמַ֔רְנוּ
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Ezekiel 2:1 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”
- Ezekiel 2:3 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.
- Ezekiel 2:4 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֖ר
They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
- Ezekiel 3:1 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 3:3 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
- Ezekiel 3:4 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Then He said to me, “Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak My words to them.
- Ezekiel 3:10 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
“Son of man,” He added, “listen carefully to all the words I speak to you, and take them to heart.
- Ezekiel 3:11 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֖ר
Go to your people, the exiles; speak to them and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
- Ezekiel 3:16 לֵאמֹֽר׃
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 3:18 בְּאָמְרִ֤י
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- Ezekiel 3:22 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
And there the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak with you.”
- Ezekiel 3:24 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
- Ezekiel 3:27 וְאָמַרְתָּ֣אָמַ֖ר
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 4:13 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- Ezekiel 4:14 וָאֹמַ֗ר
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- Ezekiel 4:15 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
- Ezekiel 4:16 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
- Ezekiel 5:5 אָמַר֙
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
- Ezekiel 5:7 אָמַ֣ר׀
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.’
- Ezekiel 5:8 אָמַר֙
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 6:1 לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 6:3 וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔אָמַ֣ר
You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
- Ezekiel 6:11 אָמַ֞רוֶֽאֱמָר־
This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.
- Ezekiel 7:1 לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 7:2 אָמַ֞ר
“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
- Ezekiel 7:5 אָמַ֖ר
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster — behold, it is coming!
- Ezekiel 8:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
- Ezekiel 8:6 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 8:8 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
- Ezekiel 8:9 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- Ezekiel 8:12 וַיֹּ֣אמֶראֹמְרִ֗ים
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- Ezekiel 8:13 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
- Ezekiel 8:15 וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
- Ezekiel 8:17 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
- Ezekiel 9:1 לֵאמֹ֔ר
Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
- Ezekiel 9:4 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Ezekiel 9:5 אָמַ֣ר
And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
- Ezekiel 9:7 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר
Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
- Ezekiel 9:8 וָֽאֹמַר֙
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- Ezekiel 9:9 וַיֹּ֣אמֶראָמְר֗וּ
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
- Ezekiel 9:11 לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
- Ezekiel 10:2 וַיֹּ֜אמֶרוַיֹּ֡אמֶר
And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
- Ezekiel 10:6 לֵאמֹ֔ר
When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
- Ezekiel 11:2 וַיֹּ֖אמֶר
And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
- Ezekiel 11:3 הָאֹ֣מְרִ֔ים
They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
- Ezekiel 11:5 וַיֹּ֣אמֶראֱמֹר֙אָמַ֣ראֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me and told me to declare that this is what the LORD says: “That is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; and I know the thoughts that arise in your minds.
- Ezekiel 11:7 אָמַר֮
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
- Ezekiel 11:13 וָאֹמַר֙
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- Ezekiel 11:14 לֵאמֹֽר׃
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,