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ˀmr, ˀmrˀ (ˀĕmar, ˀemrā) n.m. saying, speech
√ ˀmr vb.
1
saying, speech
OfAEg, Jud, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .86↗ אל יחז̇נ̇הי על אמ̇ריך ותהך [ו]לא ביומיך‏ : let him not find you out due to your word, lest you disappear before your time † ; XHev/Se 31.3↗ text not cited ; TgO Num24:3↗ אֵימַר בִלעָם בַר בְעוֹר וְאֵימַר גֻברָא דְשַפִיר חָזֵי‏ ; TgJ Hab3:3tos↗ אמרי תושבחתיה מליא כל ארעא‏ ; TN Num24:3↗ אמר בלעם בנוי"ברה" דפעור‏ ; EphFid 6:15.7↗ ܦܪܝܫ ܗܘܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܡܪܐ ܕܠܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܕܠܐܚܪܝܢ‏ : the speech concerning them was different from the one relating to others ; JSQ 2(1995):211ff.:13 באימרא ושימעה‏ : (sealed) against speech and hearing ; Tobit(Med) 8.13 chap 4↗ ברי טר אמרי פומי ופקודי‏ ; TgProv8:8↗ כל אמרי"מימרי" פומי‏
(1)
command [? Arabic?]
Syr
ChrPsD2 211:25↗ ܐܡܪܐ ܕܫܘܠܛܢܐ‏
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as a verbal noun
Syr, Man
AphDiatess1990 102:21↗ ܕܒܐܡܪܗ ܕܡܬܠܐ ܬܬܠܒܒ ܚܛܝ݁ܬܐ܂ ܘܒܦܘܫܩܗ ܕܡܬܠܐ ܢܬܩܛܪܓ‏ : by the saying of the proverb sin would be encouraged, but by its interpretation it would be accused ; AlmaRR 204↗ uˁmra ušima uhduat liba : saying, hearing, and happiness
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If, as per Nöldeke (see LS note), the sense "command" was influenced by Arabic, the example in EphFid cited by LS (and cited above) could not be connected with it. So it has been understood here simply as divine speech, albeit one giving a command.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 57[26]DJPA: 50bDJBA: 117bJastrow: 51Drower/Macuch: 353a, 352aJ. Payne-Smith: 20Levy Ch-W: 1:38
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