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title: אֵמֶר — utterance · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵמֶר (lemma:אֵמֶר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: utterance. BDB 1906: n.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵמֶר

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«אֵמֶר» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אֵמֶר · **BDB:** אֵמֶר

### Glosses

words (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5de_5b6_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5de_5b6_5e8/#m2)

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**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

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «אֵמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b5_5de_5b6_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.21/)

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נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃ס

*Word for word:* Naphtali \[is\].a.doe let.loose \[which\] utters words of.beauty

*JPS 1917:* Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

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