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STRONGS NUMBER H562
Transliteration: omer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: promise, speech, thing, word
Meaning: promise, speech, thing, word
Word Summary
omer: promise, speech, thing, word
Original Word: אֹמֶרTransliteration: omer
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-mer)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: promise, speech, thing, word
Meaning: promise, speech, thing, word
Strong's Concordance
promise, speech, thing, word The same as 'emer -- promise, speech, thing, word.
see HEBREW 'emer
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H562. omer
אֹמֶר noun masculinePsalm 77:9 utterance, speech, word, only in poetry, & Joshua 24:27 exalted style; — absolute ׳א Job 22:28 5t.; suffix אִמְרוֺ 20:29; Plural absolute אֲמָרִים Proverbs 19:7; 22:21; construct אִמְרֵי Numbers 24:4 +; אֲמָרָיו Job 22:22; אִמְרֵיכֶם 32:14; Isaiah 41:26 (on derivation from אֹמֶר compare Di Job 15:33) etc.; —
1 utterance, word, especially plural Job 6:26 ("" מִלִּים) 32:12, 14 ("" מִלִּין) 33:3; 34:37; Psalm 5:2 ("" הָגִיג), 141:6 (on this see compare Che); Proverbs 2:1 ("" מִצְוָה), 2:16; 4:10, 20 ("" דָּבָר), 7:1 ("" מִצְוָה), 7:5; 19:7; Isaiah 41:26; words of God Numbers 24:4, 16 compare Joshua 24:27; Job 6:10; 22:22; Psalm 107:11; figurative of day 19:3 (singular); compare 19:4 ("" דְּבָרִים) but see Che on see; of wisdom (personified) Proverbs 1:21 ("" קוֺל); often in phrase אִמְרֵיפִֿי Deuteronomy 32:1; Psalm 19:15 ("" הֶגְיוֺן); Psalm 54:4 ("" תְּפִלָּה); 78:1 ("" תּוֺרָה); Proverbs 4:5; 5:7; 7:24; 8:8; compare Job 8:2; Proverbs 6:2 (twice in verse); of ׳יJob 23:12 ("" שְׂפתָיו מִצְוַת); Psalm 138:4; Hosea 6:5 (of Yahweh's words as weapon); in phrases אִמְרֵיישֶׁר Job 6:25; ׳א בִינָה Proverbs 1:2; ׳א נֹעַם 15:26; 16:24; ׳א דָ֫עַת 19:27; 23:12; ׳א אֱמֶת 22:21, compare אֱמֶת אֲמָרִים הֵשִׁיב 22:21 return answer; לָהּ אֲמָרֶיהָ תָּשִׁיב Judges 5:29 she returneth (i.e. repeateth) her words to herself; א ׳חָשַׁךְ spare (i.e. refrain from) words Proverbs 17:27.
2 singular promise Psalm 77:9; appointment, decree Job 20:29; command Psalm 68:12 (but see Che); plan, purpose Job 22:28 א ׳גָּזַרֿ; Habakkuk 3:9 Thes sworn are the rods of appointment (i.e. the chastisements decreed), but passage dubious, see Commentaries; — Genesis 49:21 read אֲמִרֵי compare אָמִיד; see Di.