Jastrow: מַאֲמָר

מַאֲמָר m. (b. h.; אָמַר) 1) command, order. Ab. V, 1 והלא במ׳ אחד וכ׳ could not the universe have been created by one divine command?—Meg. 21ᵇ; R. Hash. 32ᵃ בראשית נמי מ׳ הוא the first verse of Genesis is also to be considered a command. Gen. R. s. 4 המים … תלוים במ׳ the upper waters are suspended (in the air) by a divine ordainment; Taan. 10ᵃ.—Sabb. 63ᵃ העושה מצוה כמַאֲמָרָהּ who executes a divine command as it has been ordained; a. e.—Pl. מַאֲמָרוֹת. Ab. l. c. בעשרה מ׳ וכ׳ the world was created by ten divine orders (counting nine ויאמר in Gen. ch. I, and the first verse, v. supra). —2) word, esp. maămar, the Yabam’s betrothal (v. יָבָם) by word of mouth, contrad. to the consummation of marriage (בִּיאָה). Yeb. II, 1 עשה בה מ׳ if he betrothed her to himself; Y. ib. 3ᶜ איזו היא מ׳ וכ׳ what is a maămar with regard to a Y’bamah? Saying, ‘Be betrothed unto me’, while handing to her money or money’s worth. Ib. מ׳ גומר betrothal consummates the yabam’s marriage (carrying with it all the legal consequences of his marriage), v. גָּמַר; a. v. fr.