אָמַר

אָמַרI (b. h.; √אם, v. אֵם; cmp. חמר, עמר) (a) to join, knot; to be knotted, thick; b) to heap up; c) transf. to join words, compose, cmp. דבר; d) to contract, bargain, exchange. (As to Assyr. to see, cmp. חמא.) 1) to speak, think, say, relate א׳ …ר׳ … א׳ר׳ Rabbi … related in the name of R. … Ber.3b; a. v. fr.Part. pass. אָמוּר expression. Yoma 70b, a. fr. הוא הא׳וכ׳ it is the same expression (‘one ram) used here and in the Book of Numbers. Sifré Deut. s. 334, a. fr. אֱמֹור מעתה say from now, i. e. from this draw the conclusion. Gen. R. s. 39 תאמר שהבירהוכ׳ (usu. שמא תאמר) will you say (is it possible), this castle has no commander?אֲמוּרִים במה דברים (abbr. בד׳׳א) in what case are these words said? i. e. this applies only. Ḥull.3a; a. fr.זאת אֹומֶרֶת this tells, i. e. this proves. Ber.11b; a. fr.אָמְרוּ it is said, told ; v. next w.Inf. לֹומַר = לֵאמֹר. Ḥag.14b; a. fr. 2) to vow, devote. אָמוּר (לגבוה) devoted to the Lord. Succ.55b; v. אֲמִירָה I, 3, a. אֵימוּרִים. Nif. נֶאֱמַר (b. h.) to be said, to read … נא׳ כאן … ונ׳ להלן we read here … and we read there … (the same expression is used here and there in the Scriptural text). Ber.9a; a. v. fr.שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (abbr. שנ׳, שנא׳) for it is said in the Scriptures (as evidence in favor of an opinion). Snh.X, 1; a. v. fr.; also כמהשנ׳ (כמו) as it is said.מִשּׁוּםשנ׳ because it is said in the Scriptures, i. e. you may possibly be misled by a certain expression to think …, therefore another term is used in its stead in an analogous case, or added to the ambiguous word; v. שוּם.