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title: אִמְרָה — utterance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִמְרָה (565), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 36 times: utterance. BDB 1906: n.f. utterance, speech, word. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִמְרָה

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«אִמְרָה» 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.

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**Used:** 36 times · **Key:** 565 · **BDB:** אִמְרָה

### Glosses

word (17); the.word (5); to (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/565/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. utterance, speech, word [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/565/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. utterance, speech, word (poet., mostly sg. coll., cf. pl. vb. ψ 119:103; but here read prob. pl. n. cf. 𝔊 Ol Hi De Che)—cstr. אִמְרַת Is 5:24 +; אִמְרָתִי Gn 4:23 + etc.; Pl. abs. אֲמָרוֹת ψ 12:7; cstr. אִמְרֹת ib.;—utterance, speech Gn 4:23 (song of Lamech, ‖ קוֹל) so Is 28:23; 29:4; 32:9; Dt 32:2 (‖ לֶקַח), ψ 17:6; Is 29:4 (w. נָשָׂא, צִפְצֵף); especially saying(s), word(s) of י׳ (command \& promise) Dt 33:9 (‖ בְּרִית); Is 5:24 (‖ תּוֹרָה) 2 S 22:31 = ψ 18:31; ψ 12:7; 105:19 (‖ דָּבָר); especially ψ 119:11, 38, 41 + 16 times; 138:2; 147:15 (‖ דָּבָר), Pr 30:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִמְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/565/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 105:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.19/)

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עַד־עֵ֥ת בֹּֽא־דְבָר֑וֹ אִמְרַ֖ת יְהוָ֣ה צְרָפָֽתְהוּ׃

*Word for word:* until the.time came word his the.word of.Yahweh it tested.him

*JPS 1917:* Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the LORD tested him.

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[Psalms 119:67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.67/)

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טֶ֣רֶם אֶ֭עֱנֶה אֲנִ֣י שֹׁגֵ֑ג וְ֝עַתָּ֗ה אִמְרָתְךָ֥ שָׁמָֽרְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* before I.was.afflicted I \[was\].going.astray and now word your I.keep

*JPS 1917:* Before I was afflicted, I did err; but now I observe Thy word.

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