Biblical Hebrew H561 noun masculine 49 occurrences

אֵמֶר

Transliteration: emer (ʾēmer)

Pronunciation: /AY-mer/

“utterance, speech, word, promise”

Spoken word, poetic utterance; words of God in wisdom literature and Psalms pleasing to the soul (Psalm 19:14).

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From אָמַר (H559) to say.

wordspeechsaying

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: אֵמֶר (utterance, speech, word, promise) -> λόγος (a word, a saying, statement)

LXX conceptual translation: אֵמֶר (utterance, speech, word, promise) -> G4487

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G3056 λόγος (logos — “a word, a saying, statement”)

Foundational passages where אֵמֶר (emer) carries significant theological or narrative weight.