To decide / resolve / make up one's mind (גָּמַר אֹמֶר)
To decide / resolve / make up one's mind (גָּמַר אֹמֶר)

To decide / resolve / make up one's mind

A definitive decision (literally: 'finished speaking')

("His kindness has ended forever, he has decided for generation and generation" - Psalms 9; and also: "Remember me when we have decided to reveal the matter to the captain, he explained to me..." - Y. Bourla / Kisufim, 35; and also: "I asked myself ironically and I decided to understand this time the written text in a simple way" - Pinchas Sadeh / Life as a Parable, 246)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גָּמַר אֹמֶר

Definition (Hebrew)

הֶחְלִיט סוֹפִית (מִלּוּלִית: גָּמַר לְדַבֵּר)

("הֶאָפֵס לָנֶצַח חַסְדּוֹ גָּמַר אֹמֶר לְדֹר וָדֹר"- תְּהִלִּים עֹז ט, וְכֵן:"זָכוּרְנִי כְּשֶׁגָּמַרְנוּ אוֹמֵר לְגַלּוֹת הַדָּבָר לָרַב הַחוֹבֵל, אָמַר לִי בְּפֵרוּשׁ..."-י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 35, וְכֵן:"שָׁאַלְתִּי אֶת עַצְמִי בְּאִירוֹנְיָה וְגָמַרְתִּי אוֹמֵר לְהָבִין הַפַּעַם אֶת הַכָּתוּב עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַפְּשָׁט"-פִּנְחָס שָׂדֶה/ הַחַיִּים כְּמָשָׁל, 246)

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