אֵמֶר
ʾēmer
utterance
Strong's H561NounHebrewTWOT 118a

אֵמֶר (ʾēmer) is a Hebrew noun meaning utterance. It appears 49 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H561).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 118a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 118a)utterance, speech, word; something said; answer, saying, promise, thing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אֹמֶר noun, masculine: utterance, speech, word

utterance, speech, word, only poetic, & exalted style

Strong's H561 אֵמֶר: something said
KJV:answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

Strong's H562 אֹמֶר
KJV:promise, speech, thing, word.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 118: אָמַר ʾāmar — utter, say; Say in the heart, Promise, Command; be said, told; avow, avouch, cause to declare; act proudly, boast; exchange; change places; answer, appoint, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, commandment, commune…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:21Numbers 24:4Deuteronomy 32:1

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