אָמְר֣וּ

𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅

ameru

did they say

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

Isaiah 39:3 · Word #10

Lexicon H559

Lemmaאָמַר
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤌𐤓
Transliterationʼâmar
Strong'sH559
In-contextdid they say

Morphology HVqp3cp 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 c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H559-12

they caused-to-say

Rootאמר (ʾ-m-r)
Core Meaningsto say, to speak, to declare, to command, to utter
Semantic RangeIn Hiphil: to cause to say/speak, tell, declare, command, appoint, promise, report; broader root range includes answer, bid, call, certify, charge, commune, consider, demand, intend, name, publish, require, suppose, talk.
Conceptual Significanceאמר is the most frequent verb in the Hebrew Bible (over 5,000 occurrences), central to divine revelation (e.g., 'Thus says YHWH' formula), prophetic speech, narrative dialogue, and creation by word (Gen 1); in Hiphil, it emphasizes authoritative causation of speech, underscoring God's sovereign command over words and events.
Morphological NotesHiphil (HV) perfect qatal participle, 3rd person common plural (3cp); vocalized as āmrū with pathach under aleph and hireq under mem.
Rendering RationaleThe Hiphil stem (HV) indicates causative action, so 'caused-to-say' preserves the root's core meaning of speech while reflecting the causative force, distinguishing it from simple Qal 'say'; the 3cp morphology (HVqp3cp) is captured in the 3rd person common plural 'they', matching the masculine plural participle form used for mixed or masculine groups in Hebrew.

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
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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