- אמירה I
- אֲמִירָהI f. (אמר I) 1) speaking, speech. Gen. R. s. 5, beg. לא א׳ לא דיבור no (power of) speech or word; a. fr.הא א׳ this is speech, i. e. this is right. Y.Snh.IV, 22b top; VI, beg.23b. Y.B. Kam.IX, beg.6d (contracted) הא׳ same. 2) the word amar (אמר) in the Scripture text. Y.Snh.VII, 25b bot. נאמר כאן א׳וכ׳ here amar is used ; as well as amar here indicates that the word is considered a deed ; a. e. 3) dedication (cmp. אֵימוּרִים. Kidd.I, 6 אֲמִירָתֹו לגבוהוכ׳ dedication to the Lord (by word of mouth) is equal to what delivery is in private transactions.Pl. אֲמִירֹות mostly in the sense of 2). Num. R. s. 14, end א׳ וציוויים texts in which amar and tsivvah occur; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.