לֵ/אמֹ֑ר

𐤋/𐤀𐤌𐤓

lemor

saying

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 5:29 · Word #5

Lexicon H559

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

Morphology HR/Vqc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 H559-35

to-say

Rootאמר (ʾ-m-r)
Core Meaningsto say, to speak, to declare, to command, to utter
Semantic RangeQuotative introducer ('saying'), purpose clause ('in order to say'), indirect discourse marker, command or declaration ('to command/speak'); often ignored in translations but signals another's speech or divine utterance.
Conceptual SignificanceAs a high-frequency verb (936 occurrences), it underscores divine revelation (God 'says' creation into being, Gen 1), prophetic speech, and human response; in Hiphil with לְ, it frequently introduces God's words or songs (e.g., Exod 15:1), evoking themes of mediated divine communication central to covenant theology.
Morphological NotesHiphil (causative) infinitive construct with preposition לְ ('to/for'); no pronominal suffixes; vocalized as lēʾmōr with qamets under mem and varying cantillation accents.
Rendering RationaleThe faithful rendering 'to-say' preserves the infinitive form of the root אמר, emphasizing its core semantic field of verbal expression while incorporating the lamed preposition as directional 'to/for saying,' common in quotative constructions; it reflects the Hiphil infinitive construct morphology (HR/Vqc) as a causative infinitive purpose clause without gender, number, or person markers. This avoids generic glosses like 'saying' and highlights the root's primitive sense of utterance across its broad usage.

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
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
H559-66 vayomer 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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