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Aramaic
Verb
אֲמַר • (ʾamar)
- to say, to pronounce
- בראשית רבה ע, טז
[כט, יז] "וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת", אֲמוֹרָאֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן תִּרְגֵּם קוֹדְמוֹי: וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֵינוֹהִי דְּאִימָּךְ הֲווֹ רַכִּיכִין- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to command
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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate to Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to command”).
Pronunciation
Verb
אָמַר • (amár) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לוֹמַר or לאמור / לֵאמֹר, future יֹאמַר, passive counterpart נֶאֱמַר, Biblical Hebrew pausal form אָמָר) (transitive, intransitive)
- to say, tell
- to intend
- to mean
זה אומר שהיא בסדר- ze omér shehí beséder
- It means she's fine
Usage notes
- The infinitive לאמור / לֵאמֹר is mainly biblical.
- In colloquial Modern Hebrew, the future, and imperative forms of this verb are not used; the corresponding forms of הִגִּיד are used instead.
Conjugation
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References
Noun
אֹמֶר • ('ómer) m
- defective spelling of אומר
Proper noun
אִמֵּר • (imér) m
- (archaic) a male given name