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אָמַר

a.mar

to say

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Strong’s H559Verb5,308 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

he said2,128

saying938

he says544

they said330

you will say206

she said198

i said153

say110

In the text

Genesis 1:3וַיֹּאמֶר
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
1 Samuel 1:8וַיֹּאמֶר
“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
2 Samuel 1:3וַיֹּאמֶר
“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
2 Kings 1:2וַיֹּאמֶר
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
Jeremiah 1:4לֵאמֹר
The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Ezekiel 2:1וַיֹּאמֶר
“Son of man,” He said to me, “stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אָמַר 5287 vb. utter, say

Qal

1. Say

2. Say in the heart (= think)

3. Promise

4. Command (esp. late)

Niph. be said, told

Hiph. avow, avouch (lit. cause to declare)

Hithp. act proudly, boast

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.