אֲמַר ʼămar — (Aramaic) corresponding to H559
Translated in the KJV as command, declare, say, speak, tell.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H559.
ʼămar in each stem
Pe'al
Participle (active) 41Perfect (qatal) 19Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Imperative 4Infinitive construct 2
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›