Semitic *√’MR “to look>comment>command”
Akkadian
- amāru
“to see”
Ugaritic
- ’amara 𐎀𐎎𐎗 “to see”
- ’amru 𐎀𐎎𐎗 “word, order”
Hebrew
- ’āmar אָמַר “to say, order”
Arabic
- ’amara أَمَرَ “to command”
- ’amīr أمير “prince, commander, emir”
- ‘imāra إمارة “principality, emirate”