אָֽמְרָ֔ה

𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤄

amerah

she said

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

H559

Genesis 21:16 · Word #9

Lexicon H559

Lemmaאָמַר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤌𐤓
Transliterationʼâmar
Strong'sH559
In-contextshe said

Morphology HVqp3fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H559-09

she was-causing-to-say

Rootאמר (ʾ-m-r)
Core Meaningsto say, speak, declare, command, promise
Semantic RangeIn Hiphil: to cause to say (command, declare, appoint, certify, promise); broader root range includes say, answer, think, intend, report, with great latitude in speech acts.
Conceptual SignificanceAs the most common verb for speech in Hebrew Bible (over 5,000 occurrences), אמר underscores divine-human communication (e.g., God's declarations creating reality in Genesis 1); the Hiphil form emphasizes authoritative proclamation or causation of speech, significant in prophetic contexts where speakers 'cause to say' God's words, linking to themes of divine command and human response.
Morphological NotesHiphil (causative) qal-perfect participle, 3rd person feminine singular (HVqp3fs); functions adjectivally or adverbially, often rendered as 'the one causing to say' or 'declarer' in context.
Rendering RationaleThis rendering preserves the core root meaning of 'say/speak' from אמר while explicitly reflecting the Hiphil stem (HV), which denotes causative action ('causing to say' or 'declaring'), and the 3fs participle morphology (HVqp3fs) through the feminine singular 'she'; it avoids generic glosses like 'she said' to highlight the stem's semantic nuance of induced or proclaimed speech.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

Words from Root אמר (to say, speak, declare, command, promise)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H559-01 amar he has caused-to-say
H560-01 amar he said
H561-01 amaray my utterances

Word Usage (5318 occurrences of H559)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:3 וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר vayomer and said
Genesis 1:6 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר vayomer and said
Genesis 1:9 וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר vayomer And God said
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