אִמְרִי֙

𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉

imeri

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 40:9 · Word #16

Lexicon H559

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

Morphology HVqv2fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation v — Imperative — A command
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H559-32

your causing-to-say

Rootאמר (ʾ-m-r)
Core Meaningsto say, speak, utter, declare, command
Semantic RangeIn Hiphil: cause to say/speak, i.e., command, appoint, declare, bid, charge; broad usage from everyday speech to authoritative pronouncement.
Conceptual SignificanceRoot אמר dominates biblical discourse (over 5000 occurrences), emphasizing God's creative word (Genesis 1), prophetic utterance, covenant promises, and human response; in post-exilic contexts like Imri's genealogy, evokes eloquent leadership in restoration and wall-building (Neh 3:2; 1 Chr 9:4).
Morphological NotesHiphil (causative) qal-vav consecutive imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular (HVqv2fs) of root אמר; functions as imperative or jussive in context, with shewa under aleph and hireq under mem.
Rendering RationaleThe Hiphil stem (HV) indicates causative force, so 'causing-to-say' preserves the root's core idea of verbal expression while reflecting the causative action; the morphology HVqv2fs specifies 2nd person feminine singular, rendered as 'your' addressing a female. This maintains grammatical person, gender, number, and stem without diluting the semantic connection to speech.

AI-generated (perplexity/sonar-pro)

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

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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