emer · words, sayings

What it means

emer (אֵמֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “words, sayings”.

In Genesis 49:21, some read "fawns".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What someone says; what YHWH speaks.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Saying, word: what someone says. It comes from the verb אָמַר, ‘say’ (H559). It is above all a word of poetry: Job, the Psalms and Proverbs.

• “The sayings of my mouth” Deuteronomy 32:1Psalms 19:14
• The teacher’s sayings, which the son receives Proverbs 2:1Proverbs 4:20Proverbs 7:1
• God’s sayings Job 23:12Joshua 24:27Psalms 107:11
• “The words of El”: Balaam’s oracle Numbers 24:4Numbers 24:16

How we translate it

“Sayings” 37 times, to tell this word apart from דָּבָר, which is rendered ‘word’; in Proverbs 4:20 they go together: “to my words be attentive; to my sayings incline your ear”. “Words” 11 times, in Balaam’s oracles (Numbers 24:4, 16) and in Genesis 49:21 and Proverbs 19:7, among others.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sayings ×37
• words ×11
• appointed for him ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Numbers×2
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×1
• Judges×1
• Job×11
• Psalms×7
• Proverbs×22
• Isaiah×2
• Hosea×1

• Genesis 49:21

  Naphtali is a doe let loose, who gives beautiful words.

• Numbers 24:4

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Numbers 24:16

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Deuteronomy 32:1

  “Give ear, heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth.

• Joshua 24:27

  And Joshua said to all the people, “Look, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of YHWH that he spoke with us; and it shall be a witness against you, lest you lie to your Elohim.”

• Judges 5:29

  The wisest of her princesses answer her; she too repeats her words to herself:

• Job 6:10

  It would still be my comfort, and I would leap in pain that does not have pity, for I have not concealed the sayings of the Holy One.

• Job 6:25

  How hard are sayings of uprightness, but what does reproof from you reprove?

• Job 6:26

  Do you think to reprove words, and the sayings of one in despair as wind?

• Job 8:2

  “How long will you say these things, and the sayings of your mouth be a mighty wind?

• Job 20:29

  This is the portion of a wicked human being from Elohim, and the inheritance appointed for him by El.”

• Job 22:22

  Receive, please, instruction from his mouth, and lay his sayings in your heart.

• Job 23:12

  From the commandment of his lips I have not departed; more than my portion I have stored up the sayings of his mouth.

• Job 32:12

  And to you I paid attention, and look, there was no one to argue against Job, none of you answering his sayings.

• Job 32:14

  He has not set in order words against me, and with your sayings I will not answer him.

• Job 33:3

  My sayings are the uprightness of my heart, and the knowledge of my lips they speak with purity.

• Job 34:37

  For he adds to his sin transgression; among us he claps his hands, and multiplies his sayings against El.”

• Psalms 5:1

  For the director. For the flutes. A psalm of David. Give ear to my sayings, YHWH; consider my murmuring.

• Psalms 19:14

  May the sayings of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before you, YHWH, my Rock and my redeemer.

• Psalms 54:2

  Elohim, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.

• Psalms 78:1

  A maskil of Asaph. Give ear, my people, to my instruction; incline your ear to the sayings of my mouth.

• Psalms 107:11

  for they had rebelled against the sayings of El, and the counsel of Elyon they had despised.

• Psalms 138:4

  All the kings of the earth will give you thanks, YHWH, for they have heard the sayings of your mouth.

• Psalms 141:6

  They have been thrown down by the sides of the rock, their judges, and they will hear my sayings, for they are pleasant.

• Proverbs 1:2

  to know wisdom and correction, to understand the sayings of understanding;

• Proverbs 1:21

  At the head of the noisy streets she calls out; at the openings of the gates, in the city, she speaks her sayings:

• Proverbs 2:1

  My son, if you receive my sayings, and treasure up my commandments with you,

• Proverbs 2:16

  to rescue you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes smooth her sayings,

• Proverbs 4:5

  Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding; do not forget, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

• Proverbs 4:10

  Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life will be many for you.

• Proverbs 4:20

  My son, to my words be attentive; to my sayings incline your ear.

• Proverbs 5:7

  And now, sons, listen to me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

• Proverbs 6:2

  you have been snared by the sayings of your mouth; you have been caught by the sayings of your mouth.

• Proverbs 7:1

  My son, keep my sayings, and treasure up my commandments with you.

• Proverbs 7:5

  so that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreign woman who makes smooth her sayings.

• Proverbs 7:24

  And now, sons, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth.

• Proverbs 8:8

  In righteousness are all the sayings of my mouth; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked.

• Proverbs 15:26

  An abomination to YHWH are the thoughts of the evil man, but pure are pleasant sayings.

• Proverbs 16:24

  A honeycomb are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

• Proverbs 17:27

  Whoever holds back his sayings knows knowledge, and one cool of spirit is a man of insight.

And 9 more times.