Strong's Lexicon

H565

H565 — אִמרָה אֶמרָה

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

Hebrewimrahnoun femOccurrences: 37TWOT: 118b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H565
Word:	אִמרָה אֶמרָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H561
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	37
Transliteration:	imrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	im-raw' (or memrah {em-raw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. meaning the same as H0561
KJV Renderings:	commandment, speech, word.

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BDB559

[אִמְרָה] noun feminine utterance, speech, word (in poetry, mostly singular collective, compare plural verb Ps 119:103 , but here read probably Pluraln. compare ᵐ5 Ol Hi De Che) — construct אִמְרַת Isa 5:24 +; אִמְרָתִי Gen 4:23 + etc.; Plural absolute אֲמָרוֺת Ps 12:7 construct אִמֲרוֺת ib.; — utterance, speech Gen 4:23 (song of Lamech, || קוֺל); so Isa 28:23; Isa 32:9; Deut 32:2 (|| לֶקַח), Ps 17:9; Isa 29:4 (twice in verse) (|| also דִּבֶּד ); especially saying(s), words(s) of ׳ י (command & promise) Deut 33:9 (|| בְּרִית); Isa 5:24 (|| תּוֺרָה) 2Sam 22:31 = Ps 18:31; Ps 12:7; Ps 105:19 (|| דָּבָר; esp Ps 119:11; Ps 119:38; Ps 119:41 + 16 t.; Ps 138:2; Ps 147:15 (|| דָּבָר), Prov 30:5.

BDB560

[אֶמְרָה] noun feminine id., only אֶמְרָתוֺ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה Lam 2:17.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אמרה (em-rah’)

Lamentations 2:17

KJV: The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

EHCC: he hath fulfilled Ais word