--- title: אֲמַר — say · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: אֲמַר (lemma:אֲמַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 71 times: say. BDB 1906: vb. say, tell, command. 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(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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m3) **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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 2:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.36/) 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. [Daniel 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.9/) 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! - ← previous: [אֲמַן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5de_5b7_5df.md) - next →: [אִמַּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)