א־מ־ר
ORIGINALBH-070
Biblical Hebrew · High-Frequency Verb Families
אמר
BH-070Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
א־מ־ר
Transliterationa-m-r
Plain meaningsay
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
אמר
The root family אמר is one of the central action-word families in Tanakh. The surface form changes to show who is speaking and how the action fits the clause. Learn the family visually so אָמַר, אָמְרוּ, יֹאמַר, and וַיֹּאמֶר stop looking like unrelated vocabulary.
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a-m-r
READINGApproved transliteration
say
MEANINGBiblical Hebrew
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Forms
אָמַר — he said · אָמְרוּ — they said · יֹאמַר — he will/may say · וַיֹּאמֶר — and he said in narrative
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