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title: מַאֲמַר — word · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַאֲמַר (3982), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: word. BDB 1906: n.m. word, command. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַאֲמַר

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«מַאֲמַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **word** — 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:** 3982 · **BDB:** מַאֲמָר

### Glosses

the.command (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

word [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3982/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. word, command [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3982/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Est 9:32 word, command (late; Mish. id.) cstr. מַאֲמַר Est 1:15; 2:20; 9:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַאֲמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3982/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 9:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.32/)

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וּמַאֲמַ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר קִיַּ֕ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַפֻּרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְנִכְתָּ֖ב בַּסֵּֽפֶר׃פ

*Word for word:* and the.command of.Esther it.confirmed the.words of the.Purim (the) these and \[it.was\].written in the book

*JPS 1917:* And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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[Esther 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.15/)

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כְּדָת֙ מַֽה־לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹת בַּמַּלְכָּ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֑י עַ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־עָשְׂתָ֗ה אֶֽת־מַאֲמַר֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בְּיַ֖ד הַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* according to.\[the\].law what? \[is\].to do with the queen Vashti on that not she.did (et) the.command of the.king Ahasuerus by the.hand of the.eunuchs

*JPS 1917:* 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'

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