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title: עָמִיר — swath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמִיר (5995), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: swath. BDB 1906: swath, row of fallen grain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמִיר

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«עָמִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swath** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5995 · **BDB:** עָמִיר

### Glosses

cut.grain (3); grain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5995/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

swath, row of fallen grain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5995/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] swath, row of fallen grain (hay, as Mishn., according to Vogelsteinl.c. 74f. (who is then compelled to read עֹמֶר Mi 4:12), cf. Syriac ܥܡܺܝܪ grass, SchwallyIdiot. 69);—Am 2:13 (on cart), Je 9:21 (falling behind reaper), Mi 4:12 (brought to threshing-floor), Zc 12:6 (inflammable).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָמִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5995/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.13/)

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הִנֵּ֛ה אָנֹכִ֥י מֵעִ֖יק תַּחְתֵּיכֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר תָּעִיק֙ הָעֲגָלָ֔ה הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ עָמִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* here! I \[am\].about.to.make.totter under you just as it.totters the cart (the) full (for itself cut.grain

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.

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[Micah 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.4.12/)

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וְהֵ֗מָּה לֹ֤א יָֽדְעוּ֙ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֵבִ֖ינוּ עֲצָת֑וֹ כִּ֥י קִבְּצָ֖ם כֶּעָמִ֥יר גֹּֽרְנָה׃

*Word for word:* and they not they.know the.thoughts of.Yahweh and not they.understand counsel his (dm).that he has.gathered.them like.(the) cut grain threshing.floor to.\[the\]

*JPS 1917:* But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they His counsel; for He hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

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