Strong's Lexicon

H3235

H3235 — יָמַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyamarverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 118

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3235
Word:יָמַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:yamar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-mar'
Meaning:1. to exchange 2. (by implication) to change places
KJV Renderings:boast selves, change.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3582

ימר verb assumed in Thes to explain Hiph`il הֵימִיר = הֵמִיר Jer 2:11, and Hithpa`el תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ Isa 61:6 but on הימיר see מור (i. 457), and תִּתְיַמָּ֑רוּ is probably from אמר q. v. above.


יִמְרָה see below מרה.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ימר (yah-mar’)

Jeremiah 2:11

KJV: Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
EHCC: Hath ם nation changed (their) gods,

Isaiah 61:6

KJV: But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
EHCC: in their glory shall ye boast yourselves,
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