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

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«אֶמְרָה» 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:אֶמְרָה · **BDB:** אֶמְרָה

### Glosses

word (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5de_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5de_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id., only אֶמְרָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה La 2:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶמְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5de_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.2.17/)

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עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָמָ֗ם בִּצַּ֤ע אֶמְרָתוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה מִֽימֵי־קֶ֔דֶם הָרַ֖ס וְלֹ֣א חָמָ֑ל וַיְשַׂמַּ֤ח עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ אוֹיֵ֔ב הֵרִ֖ים קֶ֥רֶן צָרָֽיִךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.done Yahweh what he.planned he.has.fulfilled word his which he.commanded from days of.antiquity he.has.torn.down and not he.has.spared and he.has.made.rejoice on you an.enemy he.has.lifted.up the.horn your.foes your

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath done that which He devised; He hath performed His word that He commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down unsparingly; and He hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, He hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

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