Day 19 of 75 · Perception and response

ʾ-M-R

emar: say

אמר

ܐܳܡܰܪ

The feel

Emar means to say or speak, to put something into words. It appears about 1,911 times in the Gospels and carries healing, calling, warning, blessing, and worry. Again and again Yeshua acts by saying. The Qala renders it said, spoke, told, or asking, depending on what the words are doing.

The root family

Form	Pattern	Transliteration	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
The verb	peal (base stem)	emar	אמר ܐܡܪ	say	said, spoke, told
And-he-says	peal participle	wāʾmar	ואמר ܘܳܐܡܰܪ	and he says	"Look," he said (Matthew 13:3)
You (all) say	peal imperfect, plural	tiʾmrun	תאמרון ܬ݁ܺܐܡܪܽܘܢ	you say	asking, "What will we eat?" (Matthew 6:31)
What-was-said	ethpeel perfect	deʾteʾmar	דאתאמר ܕ݁ܶܐܬ݂ܶܐܡܰܪ	which was said	what God had spoken (Matthew 1:22)

In the Gospels the verb appears about 1,911 times, mostly in the Peal, emar, to say, speak, or tell, and also in its passive, the Ethpeel etemar, to be said or spoken (deʾteʾmar, Matthew 1:22).

In his voice

Matthew 13:3

And he told them many things in parables. "Look," he said, "a sower went out to sow.

wāʾmar ואמר ܘܳܐܡܰܪ, "he said," literally and he says. The participle introduces speech, and here it opens the chapter of parables.

Matthew 6:31

So don't worry, asking, "What will we eat?" or "What will we drink?" or "What will we wear?"

tiʾmrun תאמרון ܬ݁ܺܐܡܪܽܘܢ, "(don't) say." In this teaching worry is something spoken. The Qala renders it asking, to show what the saying is doing.

Matthew 1:22

All of this happened so that what God had spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled:

deʾteʾmar דאתאמר ܕ݁ܶܐܬ݂ܶܐܡܰܪ, "which was said." The passive stem. The same verb points back to what God had spoken through the prophet long before.

Practice

Today, when you are about to say a worry out loud, stop before the first word and leave it unsaid once. Then say emar, he said, aloud.

Connections

Q-R-ʾ emar: said ʾemra: lamb (unrelated homonym)

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