מַאֲמַר
maamar · command, word
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3982 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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maamar (מַאֲמַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “command, word”.
Command: what someone with authority says.
How to say it
ma·a·mar
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
- An order given by someone with authority, which must be carried out.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Esther 1:15
“According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus sent by the hand of the eunuchs?”
- Esther 2:20
Esther was not making known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; and Esther did the command of Mordecai as when she was being brought up by him.
- Esther 9:32
And the command of Esther established these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.