עָמַר (b. h.; cmp. אָמַר II) 1) to be thick, tufty.—Denom. עָמִיר. —2) (cmp. חָמַר I) to heap up, pile. Ukts. II, 5 והבצלים שעֲמָרָן, Var. for שחמרן.—Denom. עוֹמֶר.
Pi. - עִימֵּר (denom. of עוֹמֶר) to bind and pile sheaves; to harvest. Peah V, 8 המְעַמֵּר וכ׳, v. כּוֹבְעָה, a. חֲרָרָה. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ top חרש זרע … קצר עי׳ וכ׳ he ploughed, he sowed …, he cut, piled up, threshed &c.; Bab. Ber. 58ᵃ עמר. Sabb. VII, 2. Y. Peah IV, 18ᵈ bot. בקוצר שורה ומעמר שורה when he cuts a row and puts it up in sheaves at a time; a. fr.
Hithpa. - הִתְעַמֵּר (b. h.) (with ב) to make one’s self the master of; to make use of a person as a servant. Snh. XI, 1 (85ᵇ) (expl. Deut. XXIV, 7) אינו חייב עד שיכניסנו לרשותו he is not guilty of abduction, unless he brought the person to his own grounds; (oth. opin.) עד … וישתמש בו unless he brought the person to his own grounds and made use of him; Sifré Deut. 273.