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1 Kings 1:17

“And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָמַרʼâmar · aw-mar'
H559 · Hebrew
Definition
to say (used with great latitude)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • תֹּ֣אמֶר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3fs
Usage
Occurs 5,318 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:3Genesis 1:6Genesis 1:9Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:14

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.