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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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אִמַּר: n.m. lamb [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

**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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m3)

**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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.22.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.7.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.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

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5de_5b7_5bc_5e8/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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).