אֲמַר
Used: 71 times · Key: lemma:אֲמַר · BDB: אֲמַר
Glosses
saying (21); he.said (15); [they.were].saying (8)
Meaning (OSHB)
say tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. say, tell, command tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. say, tell, command (BH אָמַר);— Pf. 3 ms. א׳ Dn 2:12 +, אֲמַ֑ר 7:1; 3 fs. אֲמֶ֫רֶת 5:10 (K§ 38, 1 a)); i s. אַמְרֵת 4:5; 1 pl. אֲמַ֫רְנָא Ezr 5:4, 9; Impf. 3 ms. יֵאמַר (K§ 41) Dn 2:7 +; 2 mpl. תֵּאמִרוּן Je 10:11, etc.; Imv. ms. אֱמַר Dn 2:4 +; mpl. אֱמַ֫רוּ 2:9; Inf. לְמֵאמַר v 9, לְמֵמַ֑ר Ezr 5:11 (K§ 41 a); Pt. אָמַר Dn 2:5 + often, pl. אָֽמְרִין 3:4; Ezr 5:3 +;— say (often in phr. answer and say): sq. orat. rect. (only), Dn 2:7, 10 + 13 times Dn, Ezr 5:11; + ל pers. Dn 2:5; 3:14 + 14 times Dn [pl. c. indef. subj. for pass. 4:28], Ezr 5:15; + קֳדָם pers. Dn 2:9; 5:17; 6:13, 14; + כֵּן 4:11; 7:23, כֵּן c. ל pers. Ezr 5:3; Dn 2:24, 25; 6:7, cf.7:5; + כְּנֵמָא c. ל pers. Ezr 5:4, 9; + כִּדְנָה c. ל pers. Je 10:11; sq. acc. rei + עַל pers. against whom Dn 3:29. relate, tell: sq. acc. rei Dn 4:6, 15; 7:1, + ל pers. 2:4, 9, 7; 7:16 (acc. rei om.), + קֳדָם pers. 2:36; 4:4, 5. command: sq. inf. 2:12, 46 + 6 times Dn; sq. vb. fin. 5:29; 6:17, 25; sq. ל pers. + or. rect. 3:4 [pl. c. indef. subj., for pass., K§ 76 e, so 4:23].
Jastrow 1903
אֲמַר: they say, it is said Inf does this mean to say? as if saying, meaning to say, viz; to praise, proclaim it is said, taught it has been said above ;we have been taught tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
1) as preced. 1). Targ. Gen. I, 3; a. v. fr.—א׳ מר above you quoted an authority, or, it has been stated. Ber. 2ᵃ; a. fr.—א׳ קרא the Scripture says. Ib. 13ᵃ; a. fr.—Y. Orl. III, end, 63ᵇ, a. fr. אמרונה בשם … (in Bab. heb. אֲמָרוּהָ) they said it in behalf of … i.e. as a tradition.—Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ מילתיה אמרה his word (statement, opinion &c.) proves.—הדא אמרה = זאת אומרת; v. preced.—אַמְרֵי (h. אָמְרוּ) they say, it is said. Sabb. 19ᵃ אמרו עליו על … ואמרי לה וכ׳ it is told about R. …, and another relation refers this to R.—; a. fr.—קאמר, קאמרי &c. = קא אמר &c. Ḥull. 85ᵃ; a. fr.—מנא תימרא whence dost thou prove? Sabb. 23ᵃ; a. fr.—Inf. מֵימַר, מֵימְרָא. סבר מ׳, סבר למ׳ originally he was of the opinion. Y. Sabb. VI, 8ᶜ top; Keth. 87ᵇ; a. v. fr.—לְמֵימְרָא does this mean to say? Sabb. 15ᵇ; a. fr. לא אמרן אלא … אבל … this has been said, i.e. this applies only to a case … but if … Ber. 43ᵇ; a. fr.—כְּלוֹמַר as if saying, meaning to say, viz; v. כִּילּוּ.—Y. Kil. IV, 32ᶜ bot. אימורין לבני וכ׳ say ye to &c.—מאי איכא למימר, v. אִיכָּא; Answ. אֵימוּר say … Sabb. 6ᵃ; a. fr.—Hor. 13ᵃ א׳ כולה who orders every thing (as an etymol. of אֲמַרְכָּל).—2) to praise, proclaim. Targ. Is. VIII, 13; a. fr.—Part. pass. אָמִיר q. v. , contr. אִתְּמַר, אִיתְּ׳ it is said, taught. Targ. Job XXXIV, 31.—Y. Yoma V, end, 43ᵃ אתאמרת, contr. אִתַּמְרַת it has been said with refer. to the opinion of …—אִתְּ׳, אִיתְּ׳ it has been said (above);we have been taught. Succ. 15ᵃ; a. fr. same. Targ. Gen. XXII, 14; a. e.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 4 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «אֲמַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
דְּנָ֣ה חֶלְמָ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ נֵאמַ֥ר קֳדָם־מַלְכָּֽא׃
Word for word: this [was].the dream and interpretation its we.will.tell before the king
JPS 1917: This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
עֲנוֹ֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֑א מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃
Word for word: they.replied and.[were] saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king O king forever live!
JPS 1917: They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!
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