--- title: אֹמֶר — utterance · The Tanakh dictionary description: אֹמֶר (562), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: utterance. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/562.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-6.md)‎ / אֹמֶר‎ # אֹמֶר «אֹמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **utterance** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 562 · **BDB:** אֵמֶר ### Glosses a.word (3); speech (2); a.matter (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/562/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/562/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ψ 77, 9 speech, word, only poet., \& Jos 24:27 exalted style;—abs. אוֹ׳ Jb 22:28 + 5 times; sf. אִמְרוֹ Jb 20:29; Pl. abs. אֲמָרִים Pr 19:7; 22:21; cstr. אִמְרֵי Nu 24:4 +; אֲמָרָיו Jb 22:22; אִמְרֵיכֶם Jb 32:14; Is 41:26 (on deriv. from אֹמֶר cf. Di Jb 33:33) etc.;— utterance, word, especially pl. Jb. 6:26 (‖ מִלִּים) 32:12, 14 (‖ מִלִּין) 33:3; 34:37; ψ 5:2 (‖ הָגִיג), 141:6 (on this v. cf. Che); Pr 2:1 (‖ מִצְוָה), v 16 4:10, 20 (‖ דָּבָר), 7:1 (‖ מִצְוָה), v 5; 19:7; Is 41:26; words of God Nu 24:4, 16 cf. Jos 24:27; Jb 6:10; 22:22 ψ 107:11; fig. of day ψ 19:3 (sing.); cf. v 4 (‖ דְּבָרִים) but vid. Che on v.; of wisdom (personif.) Pr 1:21 (‖ קוֹל); often in phrase אִמְרֵי־פִי Dt 32:1 ψ 19:15 (‖ הֶגְיוֹן); 54:4 (‖ תְּפִלָּה); 78:1 (‖ תּוֹרָה); Pr 4:5; 5:7; 7:24; 8:8; cf. Jb 8:2 Pr 6:2(×2); of י׳ Jb 23:12 (‖ מִצְוַת שְׂפָתָיו); ψ 138:4; Ho 6:5 (of Yahweh’s words as weapon); in phrases אִמְרֵיישֶׁר Jb 6:25; א׳ בִינָה Pr 1:2; א׳ נֹעַם Pr 15:26; 16:24; א׳ דָ֑עַת 19:27; 23:12; א׳ אֱמֶת 22:21, cf. הֵשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת v 21 return answer; תָּשִׁיב אֲמָרֶיהָ לָהּ Ju 5:29 she returneth (i.e. repeateth) her words to herself; חָשַׂךְ א׳ spare (i.e. refrain from) words Pr 17:27. sg. promise ψ 77:9; appointment, decree Jb 20:29; command ψ 68:12 (but v. Che); plan, purpose Jb 22:28 גָּזַר־א׳; Hb 3:9 Thes sworn are the rods of appointment (i.e. the chastisements decreed), but passage dub., v. Comm.;—Gn 49:21 read אֲמִרֵי cf. אָמִיר; vid. Di Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֹמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/562/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 68:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.12/) אֲדֹנָ֥י יִתֶּן־אֹ֑מֶר הַֽ֝מְבַשְּׂר֗וֹת צָבָ֥א רָֽב׃ *Word for word:* Lord \[the\] he.gives a.word the.\[women who\].bear.the.news \[are\].a.host great *JPS 1917:* The Lord giveth the word; the women that proclaim the tidings are a great host. [Psalms 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.4/) אֵֽין־אֹ֭מֶר וְאֵ֣ין דְּבָרִ֑ים בְּ֝לִ֗י נִשְׁמָ֥ע קוֹלָֽם׃ *Word for word:* there.\[is\].not speech and there.\[are\].not words not \[is\].heard voice their *JPS 1917:* There is no speech, there are no words, neither is their voice heard. - ← previous: [אֵמֶר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/561.md) - next →: [אִמֵּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/564.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-6.md)