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title: אִמַּר — lamb · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אִמַּר (lemma:אִמַּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: lamb. BDB 1906: n.m. lamb. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִמַּר

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«אִמַּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lamb** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:אִמַּר · **BDB:** אִמַּר

### Glosses

lambs (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. lamb (Assyrian immeru (also = child; immertu, girl; conj. as to etym. DlProl. 28 JenZMG xliii (1889), 203; ZA vii. 216 SchwallyIdiot. 114), 𝔗 אִמְּרָא; Syriac ܐܶܡܪܳܐ, Pun. אמר, Palm. pl. emph. אמריא Lzb 220 Cooke Inscr. 120. 337; Arabic أَمَّرٌ (loan-word? cf.Frä 107, but also DHMVOJ i. 24));—pl. אִמְּרִין, lambs, as sacrif. victims Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:17.

### Jastrow 1903

אִמַּר: lamb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** lamb, v. אִימַּר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִמַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/)

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וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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[Ezra 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

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