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Aramaic

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Verb

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אֲמַר (ʾamar)

  1. to say, to pronounce
    • בראשית רבה ע, טז
      [כט, יז] "וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת", אֲמוֹרָאֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן תִּרְגֵּם קוֹדְמוֹי: וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינוֹהִי דְּאִימָּךְ הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to command
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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
א־מ־ר (ʾ-m-r)

Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, to command).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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
  2. to intend
  3. to mean
    זה אומר שהיא בסדר
    ze omér shehí beséder
    It means she's fine

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

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References

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Noun

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אֹמֶר ('ómerm

  1. defective spelling of אומר

Proper noun

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אִמֵּר (imérm

  1. (archaic) a male given name