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אֹמֶר noun masculine Ps 77:9 utterance, speech, word, only in poetry, & Josh 24:27 exalted style; — absolute ׳ א Job 22:28 + 5 t.; suffix אִמְרוֺ Job 20:29 Plural absolute אֲמָרִים Prov 19:7; Prov 22:21 construct אִמְרֵי Num 24:4 +; אֲמָרָיו Job 22:22 אִמְרֵיכֶם Job 32:14; Isa 41:26 (on derivation from אֹמֶר compare Di Job 15:33) etc.; —
1.
utterance, word, especially plural Job 6:26 (|| מִלִּים) Job 32:12; Job 32:14 (||
מִלִּין) Job 33:3; Job 34:37; Ps 5:2 (|| הָגִיג), Ps 141:6 (on this see compare
Che); Prov 2:1 (|| מִצְוָה), Prov 2:16; Prov 4:10; Prov 4:20 (||
דָּבָר), Prov 7:1 (|| מִצְוָה), Prov 7:5; Prov 19:7; Isa 41:26 words of God Num 24:4; Num 24:16
compare Josh
24:27; Job
6:10;
Job 22:22; Ps 107:11 figurative of day Ps 19:3 (singular); compare Ps 19:4 (|| דְּבָרִים
) but see Che on see; of wisdom (personified) Prov 1:21 (||
קוֺל); often in phrase אִמְרֵיפִֿי
Deut 32:1; Ps 19:15 (||
הֶגְיוֺן); Ps 54:4 (|| תְּפִלָּה); Ps 78:1 (|| תּוֺרָה); Prov 4:5; Prov 5:7; Prov 7:24;
Prov 8:8 compare
Job 8:2; Prov 6:2 (twice in
verse); of ׳
י
Job 23:12
(|| מִצְוַת שְׂפתָיו); Ps 138:4; Hos 6:5 (of Yahweh's words as weapon); in phrases אִמְרֵיישֶׁר
Job 6:25
בִינָה
׳
א
Prov 1:2
נֹעַם
׳
א
Prov 15:26
; Prov
16:24
דָ֫עַת
׳
א
Prov 19:27
; Prov
23:12
אֱמֶת
׳
א
Prov 22:21
, compare הֵשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת Prov 22:21
return answer; תָּשִׁיב אֲמָרֶיהָ לָהּ
Judg 5:29
she returneth (i.e. repeateth) her words to herself
; ׳
חָשַׁךְ א
spare (i.e. refrain from) words
Prov 17:27
.
2. singular promise
Ps 77:9
appointment, decree
Job 20:29
command
Ps 68:12 (but
see Che); plan, purpose
Job 22:28
׳
גָּזַרֿ א;
Hab 3:9
Thes
sworn are the rods of appointment (i.e. the chastisements decreed), but passage dubious, see
Commentaries; — Gen
49:21 read אֲמִרֵי compare אָמִיד; see Di
.