וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר

𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓

vayomer

And he 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 4:6 · Word #1

Lexicon H559

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

Morphology HC/Vqw3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H559-66

and he declared

Rootאמר (ʾ-m-r)
Core Meaningsto say, to speak, to declare, to command, to utter
Semantic Rangesay, speak, answer, command, declare, call, tell, promise, think, intend, report; used with great latitude for direct and indirect speech, including commands, questions, and inner thought
Conceptual SignificanceAs the most common verb for speech in the Hebrew Bible (over 1900 occurrences), אמר underscores divine and human communication, frequently introducing God's words ('ויאמר יהוה'), prophetic oracles, and dialogue, highlighting speech as a vehicle for covenant, revelation, and relational interaction in biblical theology.
Morphological NotesHC/Vqw3ms: waw-consecutive (HC) Qal (qw) imperfect (V) 3rd person masculine singular (3ms); the vav-reverse converts the imperfect to past narrative tense.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering 'declared' preserves the core semantic field of verbal expression and assertion from the root אמר, emphasizing its frequent use in authoritative or intentional speech as seen in biblical contexts. It reflects the morphology HC/Vqw3ms as a waw-consecutive Qal imperfect 3ms, translated as past narrative 'and he declared' to match the vav-conversive structure indicating sequential past action by a masculine singular subject.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

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

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H559-01 amar he has caused-to-say
H561-01 amaray my utterances
H561-02 amarayv his utterances
H559-02 amarekha you said
H559-03 amarekhem you (all) have declared
H559-04 amarenu we have uttered
H559-05 amareta you have caused-to-say
H559-06 amarete you caused-to-say
H559-07 amaretem you have caused-to-say
H559-08 amareti I have caused-to-say
H568-01 amareyah Yah Has Spoken
H568-02 amareyahu Yah Has Said
H561-03 amareyha her spoken-words
H559-09 amerah she was-causing-to-say
H559-10 amerekhe your causing-to-say
H560-01 amerin the saying ones
H559-11 ameru they caused-to-say
H559-12 amor say
H559-13 beameram in their saying
H559-14 beameri in my saying
H559-15 beemarekhem in that you-all declare
H559-16 beemor saying
H561-04 beimerey by the utterances of
H559-17 beomerim in-saying ones
H559-18 emar you cause-to-say
H559-19 emor cause yourself to say
H567-01 emori Prominent Highlander
H559-20 haamor the saying
H567-02 haemori the Prominent-One
H559-22 haomerah the one-saying-female
H559-23 haomerim the saying ones
H559-24 haomerot the ones saying
H559-25 hayomar Shall he cause-to-say?
H559-26 heamar has caused-to-say
H559-27 heamor will you say
H559-28 heamur should it be said
H559-29 heemareta you have caused-to-say
H559-30 heemirekha has caused-to-say you
H564-01 imer Sayer
H565-01 imerat utterance-of
H565-02 imeratekha your utterance
H565-03 imerati my utterance
H561-05 imerey sayings of
H559-31 imeri your causing-to-say
imerin lambs
H559-32 imeru you (masculine plural) say
H559-33 keameram as **they-said**-fathers declare
H559-34 keemor when he had said
H565-04 keimeratekha according to your utterance
H561-06 leimerey to the sayings of
H559-35 lemor to-say
H3982-01 maamar authoritative utterance of
H561-07 meimerey from the utterances of
H559-36 mr he said
H559-37 neemar has been declared by him
H559-38 nomar we shall say
H559-39 omar I say
H559-40 omer saying one
H559-41 omerah I cause to say
H559-42 omeret she says
H559-43 omerim causing-to-say-ones
H559-44 omerot those saying
H559-45 sheyomar that he might say
H559-46 sheyomeru that they say
H559-47 tomar you will cause-to-say
H559-48 tomarenah they will say
H559-50 tomeri you will cause-to-say
H559-52 tomerun you masculine plural shall declare
H559-53 uveameri and when I say
H560-02 vaamar and he said
H559-54 vaamaretem and you said
H559-55 vanomer and we declared
H559-56 vaomar and I said
H559-57 vaomerah and I said
H559-58 vatomar and she said
H559-59 vatomarena And you(pl.f.) feminine-plural-said
H559-60 vatomarenah and you(pl.f.) women said
H559-61 vatomer and she said
H559-62 vatomeri and you said
H559-63 vatomeru and ye said
H559-64 vayeamar and he said
H559-65 vayomar and he declared
H559-67 vayomeru and the-masculine-plural said
H559-68 vayomru and they declared
H559-69 veamar and he said
H559-70 veamarenu and we will say
H559-71 veamareta and you shall say
H559-72 veamarete and you will say
H559-73 veamareti and I say
H559-74 veamerah and she is-saying
H560-03 veamerin and those saying
H559-75 veameru and they said
H559-76 veemar and you shall say
H567-03 vehaemori and the Prominent Mountaineer
H559-77 veimeru and you (masculine plural) say
H559-78 velemor and to uttering
H559-79 venomar and-we-shall-say
H201-01 veomar and my-saying
H559-80 veomer and saying
H559-81 veomerah and she will say
H559-82 veomerim and saying-ones
H559-83 veyomar and he says
H559-84 veyomeru and they will say
H559-85 vmrm in their saying
H559-86 vymr and he declared
H559-87 vymrv and they were-saying
H559-88 yeamar it will be caused-to-be-said
H559-89 yeamer it will be caused-to-say
H560-04 yemar he says
H559-90 yiteameru they cause-themselves-to-say
H559-91 yomar he causes-to-say
H559-92 yomeru they cause-to-say
H559-93 yomerukha they will say of you

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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