imra · word, saying

What it means

imra (אִמְרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “word, saying”.

Saying, spoken word.

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 is spoken; what YHWH declares.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• saying ×34
• sayings ×2
• word ×1

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Deuteronomy×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×26
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×5
• Lamentations×1

• Genesis 4:23

  And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my saying: for a man I have killed for wounding me, and a young man for striking me.

• Deuteronomy 32:2

  Let my teaching drip like the rain, let my saying distill like the dew, like showers on the vegetation and like downpours on the grass.

• Deuteronomy 33:9

  who says of his father and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him’; and his brothers he did not acknowledge, and his sons he did not know, for they kept your word and guard your covenant.

• 2 Samuel 22:31

  The El —blameless is his way; the saying of YHWH is refined; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

• Psalms 12:6

  The sayings of YHWH are pure sayings, silver refined in a crucible of earth, purified seven times.

• Psalms 17:6

  I have called on you, for you will answer me, El; incline your ear to me, hear my saying.

• Psalms 18:30

  The El —blameless is his way; the saying of YHWH is refined; he is a shield to all who take refuge in him.

• Psalms 105:19

  until the time his word came; the saying of YHWH refined him.

• Psalms 119:11

  In my heart I have treasured up your saying, so that I may not sin against you.

• Psalms 119:38

  Confirm to your servant your saying, which leads to the fear of you.

• Psalms 119:41

  And let your acts of loyal love come to me, YHWH, your salvation according to your saying.

• Psalms 119:50

  This is my comfort in my affliction, that your saying has given me life.

• Psalms 119:58

  I have implored your face with all my heart; show me favor according to your saying.

• Psalms 119:67

  Before I was afflicted, I was going wrong; but now your saying I keep.

• Psalms 119:76

  Please let your loyal love comfort me, according to your saying to your servant.

• Psalms 119:82

  My eyes waste away for your saying, saying, “When will you comfort me?”

• Psalms 119:103

  How sweet is your saying to my palate, more than honey to my mouth!

• Psalms 119:116

  Uphold me according to your saying, and I will live, and do not put me to shame in my hope.

• Psalms 119:123

  My eyes waste away for your salvation and for the saying of your righteousness.

• Psalms 119:133

  My steps make firm in your saying, and do not let any wickedness rule over me.

• Psalms 119:140

  Your saying is thoroughly refined, and your servant loves it.

• Psalms 119:148

  My eyes went ahead of the watches of the night, to reflect on your saying.

• Psalms 119:154

  Plead my cause and redeem me; according to your saying give me life.

• Psalms 119:158

  I saw traitors and loathed them, because your saying they have not kept.

• Psalms 119:162

  I rejoice over your saying like one who finds great spoil.

• Psalms 119:170

  Let my supplication come before you; according to your saying deliver me.

• Psalms 119:172

  Let my tongue sing of your saying, for all your commandments are righteousness.

• Psalms 138:2

  I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your loyal love and for your faithfulness, for you have magnified above all your name your saying.

• Psalms 147:15

  He sends his saying to the earth; his word runs very swiftly.

• Proverbs 30:5

  Every saying of Eloah is refined; a shield is he to those who take refuge in him.

• Isaiah 5:24

  Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, and dry grass sinks down in the flame, their root will be like rot, and their blossom will go up like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of YHWH Tsevaot and spurned the saying of the Holy One of Israel.

• Isaiah 28:23

  Give ear and hear my voice; pay attention and hear my saying.

• Isaiah 29:4

  And you will be brought low; from the earth you will speak, and from the dust your saying will come low; and your voice will be like a spirit of the dead from the earth, and from the dust your saying will whisper.

• Isaiah 32:9

  Women who are at ease, rise up, hear my voice; confident daughters, give ear to my saying.

• Lamentations 2:17

  YHWH has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his saying that he commanded from the days of old; he has torn down and has not pitied; and he has made the enemy rejoice over you; he has raised the horn of your adversaries.

And 2 more times.