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אִמַּר

Biblical Aramaic

lamb — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

lamb tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִמַּר: n.m. lamb tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. lamb (Assyrian immeru (also = child; immertu, girl; conj. as to etym. DlProl. 28 JenZMG xliii (1889), 203; ZA vii. 216 SchwallyIdiot. 114), 𝔗 אִמְּרָא; Syriac ܐܶܡܪܳܐ, Pun. אמר, Palm. pl. emph. אמריא Lzb 220 Cooke Inscr. 120. 337; Arabic أَمَّرٌ (loan-word? cf.Frä 107, but also DHMVOJ i. 24));—pl. אִמְּרִין, lambs, as sacrif. victims Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:17.

Jastrow 1903

אִמַּר: lamb tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

lamb, v. אִימַּר.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lambs (3).

In the verses

Ezra 6:17 · tree →

וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

JPS 1917: And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Ezra 7:17 · tree →

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

Word for word: as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which [is].in Jerusalem

JPS 1917: therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 233 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 23 times there, in the forms אִמַר (19); וְאִמַר (2); אִמַּר (1); לְאִמַר (1).

Leviticus 22:23 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְתוֹר וְאִמַר יַתִּיר וְחַסִיר נְדַבְתָּא תַּעְבֵּד יָתֵהּ וּלְנִדְרָא לָא יְהֵי לְרַעֲוָא

וְשׁ֥וֹר וָשֶׂ֖ה שָׂר֣וּעַ וְקָל֑וּט נְדָבָה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ וּלְנֵ֖דֶר לֹ֥א יֵרָצֶֽה׃

Word for word: and an.ox and a.sheep having.something.enlarged and having.something.stunted a.freewill.offering you.will.offer it and for a.vow not it.will.be.accepted

JPS 1917: Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing too long or too short, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

Numbers 7:15 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

תּוֹר חַד בַּר תּוֹרֵי דְּכַר חַד אִמַּר חַד בַּר שַׁתֵּהּ לַעֲלָתָא

פַּ֣ר אֶחָ֞ד בֶּן־בָּקָ֗ר אַ֧יִל אֶחָ֛ד כֶּֽבֶשׂ־אֶחָ֥ד בֶּן־שְׁנָת֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽה׃

Word for word: a.young.bull one a.young.one of.[the].herd a.ram one a.lamb one the.son its.year his to a.burnt.offering

JPS 1917: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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