*ʾmr: 'say, command'
Root
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | *ʾmr |
| Meaning | 'say, command' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3064 |
Reflexes
| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔmr 'to order' (Lane 95) | Lane 95 | |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ʔmr (MD 23) | MD 23 | |
| Ugaritic | ʾmr (?) (DULAT 69) | DULAT 69 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ʔmr (CAL s.v. ʾmr); mēʾmar (HALOT 540) | CAL s.v. ʾmr; HALOT 540 | |
| Phoenician | ʔmr (T 24) | T 24 | |
| Modern Aramaic | Urm ʔmr | ||
| Jibbali | ʔõr <*ʔmr <Arb? ʔɛmr JJ 3 | JJ 3 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ʔmr (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 71) | Kogan 2015 ch. 4 §3.1.2 no. 71 | |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔmr (Payne Smith 20) | Payne Smith 20 | |
| Aramaic | Pal ʔmr (DJPA 63a apud CAL); ʾMR (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 73); ʔmrh (DNWSI 78) | DJPA 63a; CAL; Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 73; DNWSI 78; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾmr | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | ʾmr: jaʾmur, ʾamar, ʾamara, ʾāmirum (Gelb AS 21, 14); ʾamar, yaʾmur, ʾamir, ʾatamru (Buck 2019, 324) | Gelb AS 21 14; Buck 2019, 324 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | mēmᵉrā (HALOT 540) | HALOT 540 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | ʾmr (Krahmalkov 61); umer; ʾmr (Krahmalkov 61) | Krahmalkov 61; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾmr | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Taymanitic ʾmr (Al-Jallad 2026, 7) | Al-Jallad 2026 7 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ʾmr (Sabaweb lemma 8632); Min ʾmr (LM 5 apud SEDonline 130); Qat ʾmr (LIQ 13 apud SEDonline 130) | Sabaweb lemma 8632; LM 5; SEDonline 130; LIQ 13 | gloss withheld |
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Updated 22 October 2026