BDB558 [H562]

אֹמֶר noun masculine^{Ps 77:9} utterance, speech, word, only in poetry, & Josh 24:27 exalted style; — absolute ׳א Job 22:28 + 5 t.; suffix אִמְרוֺ Job 20:29 Plural absolute אֲמָרִים Prov 19:7; Prov 22:21 construct אִמְרֵי Num 24:4 +; אֲמָרָיו Job 22:22 אִמְרֵיכֶם Job 32:14; Isa 41:26 (on derivation from אֹמֶר compare Di Job 15:33) etc.; —

1. utterance, word, especially plural Job 6:26 (|| מִלִּים) Job 32:12; Job 32:14 (|| מִלִּין) Job 33:3; Job 34:37; Ps 5:2 (|| הָגִיג), Ps 141:6 (on this see compare Che); Prov 2:1 (|| מִצְוָה), vProv 2:16; Prov 4:10; Prov 4:20 (|| דָּבָר), Prov 7:1 (|| מִצְוָה), vProv 7:5; Prov 19:7; Isa 41:26 words of God Num 24:4; Num 24:16 compare Josh 24:27; Job 6:10; Job 22:22; Ps 107:11 figurative of day Ps 19:3 (singular); compare vPs 19:4 (|| דְּבָרִים) but see Che on see; of wisdom (personified) Prov 1:21 (|| קוֺל); often in phrase אִמְרֵיפִֿי Deut 32:1; Ps 19:15 (|| הֶגְיוֺן); Ps 54:4 (|| תְּפִלָּה); Ps 78:1 (|| תּוֺרָה); Prov 4:5; Prov 5:7; Prov 7:24; Prov 8:8 compare Job 8:2; Prov 6:2 (twice in verse); of ׳יJob 23:12 (|| מִצְוַת שְׂפתָיו); Ps 138:4; Hos 6:5 (of Yahweh's words as weapon); in phrases אִמְרֵיישֶׁר Job 6:25 בִינָה ׳א Prov 1:2 נֹעַם ׳א Prov 15:26; Prov 16:24 דָ֫עַת ׳א Prov 19:27; Prov 23:12 אֱמֶת ׳א Prov 22:21, compare הֵשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת vProv 22:21 return answer; תָּשִׁיב אֲמָרֶיהָ לָהּ Judg 5:29 she returneth (i.e. repeateth) her words to herself; ׳חָשַׁךְ א spare (i.e. refrain from) words Prov 17:27.

2. singular promise Ps 77:9 appointment, decree Job 20:29 command Ps 68:12 (but see Che); plan, purpose Job 22:28 ׳גָּזַרֿ א; Hab 3:9 Thes sworn are the rods of appointment (i.e. the chastisements decreed), but passage dubious, see Commentaries; — Gen 49:21 read אֲמִרֵי compare אָמִיד; see Di.

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